This City, The Undead

from I Think Im Evil by Idle gene

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You know those big towns or cities that feel like they chew up and spit people out?
This is about one of them.

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There's something about this place that draws a bad crowd
The people that find themselves here are the ones who never quite made themselves fit
Not anywhere else
They're the quiet, they're the broken, they're the lost, they're the forgotten
The rain falls with a regularity and a routine that's hard to match
Those dark clouds fill the sky so that they cast a pall
A sickly yellow tinge in the day
And in the night?
Hah... Well
They come out, their teeth bared
Their breath like smoke on cold air
They move like shadows and whisper
That they're empty
That they're hungry

All us locals know to stay away from the alleys and the entries and the dark ends of the streets
But this city has an allure
it knows exactly what it needs and how to get it and it waits anxiously for the next set of people to step off of the trains and the buses
It knows how to feed

We learn quick how to turn a blind eye

This city will drag you down
This city is a hunting ground
This city will chew you up
This city will suck your blood

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from I Think Im Evil, released August 6, 2021
Written, performed and produced by Neil Larrisey

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