You hold the heavy silver key.
The city looks like a dead sea.
You watch the clock on the white wall.
Wait for the midnight bell to call.
Your boots click on the cold gray stone.
A concrete kingdom all alone.
You see a light in a far room.
A yellow flower in the gloom.
Step to the edge of the zinc blue.
The skyline is calling for something new.
Shed the heavy coat and the iron chain.
Wash your tired eyes in the summer rain.
You find a cigarette in your vest.
The wind is blowing from the west.
You see a girl with a plastic lens.
Where the urban maze finally ends.
Step to the edge of the zinc blue.
The skyline is calling for something new.
Shed the heavy coat and the iron chain.
Wash your tired eyes in the summer rain.
Snap a photo of the street light.
Freeze the motion of the deep night.
One quick flash and the world is gold.
A sudden story left to be told.
She smiles a bit through the camera glass.
Watching the midnight taxis pass.
You forget the lock and the heavy door.
You don't want the quiet anymore.
The stars are hidden by the gray haze.
Lost in a million different ways.
You take her hand in the cool night air.
Leaving the ghost of the guard right there.
Step to the edge of the zinc blue.
The skyline is calling for something new.
Shed the heavy coat and the iron chain.
Wash your tired eyes in the summer rain.
Zinc rooftop blue.
Just a snapshot of you.
Zinc rooftop blue.
