Empty Skyline

I can see the city skyline from here

But it looks more like a cardboard silhouette

Painted on a gray background of sky

Like a low-rent movie set

Everything's falling flat

From the 2D buildings to the vacant streets

The spotlight's out, the film fades black

The city's empty or so it seems

When you're gone

This whole damn world's asleep

I'm hanging on

What you sow is what you reap

Hoping I see you in that empty skyline

So I can find you again someday

I see you in my dreams

But you're creeping in my nightmares, too

And I see you when I'm awake

I just can't get rid of you

When you're gone

This whole damn world's asleep

I'm hanging on

Yeah, I'm always playing for keeps

Hoping I see you in that empty skyline

So I can find you again someday

I can't predict the future

Without you, I don't think there is one

But I could never do anything right

When you're gone

This whole damn world's asleep

The journey's long

And the slope is always steep

Hoping I see you in that empty skyline

So I can find you again someday

I'm bathing in the artificial streetlight

My mind is miles away with you

Nothing on my end ever has the nerve to change

All the city does is sleep; I wish I could, too

When you're gone

This whole damn world's asleep

I'm hanging on

I hate the way these feelings creep

Hoping I see you in that empty skyline

So I can find you again someday

Don't you fade away