The District Sleeps Alone Tonight (Sylvan Esso Remix)

Smeared black ink

Your palms are sweaty.

I'm barely listening

To last demands.

I'm staring at the asphalt wondering

What's buried underneath.

(Where I am)

(Where I am)

I wear my badge.

A vinyl sticker with big block letters

Adhering to my chest.

It tells your new friends,

"I am a visitor here."

"I am not permanent."

The only thing

Keeping me dry is

It seems so out of context

In this gaudy apartment complex.

A stranger with your door key

Explaining that "I'm just visiting".

I am finally seeing

That I was the one worth leaving.

I was the one worth leaving.

DC sleeps alone tonight.

It seems so out of context

In the gaudy apartment complex.

A stranger with your door key

Explaining that "I'm just visiting".

I am finally seeing

That I was the one worth leaving.

I was the one worth leaving.

The district sleeps alone tonight

After the bars turn out their lights

And send the autos swerving

Into the loneliest evening.

I am finally seeing

That I was the one worth leaving.

I was the one worth leaving.

I was the one worth leaving.

I was the one worth leaving.