Mirage City

There's a place I wanna go

'Cause my ma and pa, they fight at home

And though my feet may never grace the sand

It helps to give me hope

Where the waters froze super-liminally

And where tachyons fly heavenly

Where Chang'e plays her silver strings

They call it MC

What would it mean to be a beam

Travelling like lightning

Across cosmic ravine into the city I have seen

In the nazar of my eye, the skyline

At once there, out of line

To see that picture in my mind

And focus on the lens of time

Waves crashing down like a lion pride roar

Beyond the break, a heavenly haze that shimmers in the open water

A fortune teller never predicted this in a crystal ball

Is that a city driftin' from afar or a reflection mirage?

In the mirror ripples, I get lost

Wonderin' 'bout my ma and pa in the little town where I'm from

If only I could swim or sail across

To the mirage city where my prayers are answered by the lord

I can't wait to leave this nightmare behind

I see it so clearly now, you're springtime and I'm ice

So I leave you with a message that I wrote (it says)

Your shadow ain't burned into my soul anymore

So I follow the crow (bird on the road)

And the prey of eagles (chained to my throat)

I ain't sufferin' no more

But it's just a mirage in the wind disappearin'

Yeah, so I build my own chimera and face up to it's hate

I'm sick of being a scared little cunt that sleeps through all my dreams

I'm done with this city and the hurt that it's caused

Reflection on the back of my shirt

I'm done treading water in the sea of doubt

I ain't a backpacker caught in a rip, yeah

I'll die if I stay here, reborn if I leave

It's time for me to say goodbye to mirage city (woo, yeah)