City Heat Chronicles

{vinyl crackle and dust} {dramatic low brass swells} Yeah

Look up at the screen

Watch the plot unfold

{cinematic

booming hit} Act one,

scene one, we step into the frame No script,

no rehearsal, just surviving the game The camera lens flares as the

spotlight shines We reading our lives in between the lines Undercover under

pressure, shadows on the wall One slip of the tongue and the

empire falls So keep the reel spinning,

don't miss a beat We making classics right here on the street

{scratching vinyl}

This is the main feature,

watch it play (watch it play) Living out our lives under silver

rays No rewrite, no second take today (no

today) We write the ending in our own way {sweeping brass and

strings flourish}

Act two, tension rises,

the plot thickens quick In the belly of the beast where the

schemes get slick They trying to cast us as the villain tonight

But we flipping the script under theatrical light

We the directors, the writers,

the stars Breaking out the cage,

rising past the bars

Fade to black, let the audience cheer We defined the era,

made it crystal clear {dramatic string descent}

This is the main feature,

watch it play (watch it play) Living out our lives under silver

rays No rewrite, no second take today (no today) We write the

ending in our own way {sweeping brass and strings flourish} {music fades

to filtered piano} Roll the credits (roll em) Yeah

Just a story in the dark

{vinyl static fades out} {fade to silence}