Smoke and brick
I'm staring at the cracks in
the city's pall
Waiting for the silence to finally
fall The sky's turning grey like
a cheap suit sleeve There's nowhere
to go and there's nowhere to
leave The neon's flickering a dying
tune
Just another shadow underneath the moon
I'm chewing on the air,
tastes like gasoline Trapped in the
gears of the big machine
And the walls are closing in,
one by one Yeah,
we're running out of shade,
we're running out of sun Counting
down the hours 'til the whole
thing breaks How much pressure can
a hollow heart take?
We're just smoke and brick
Waiting for the fuse to burn
down quick
Caught in the middle of a
restless riot We're too damn loud
to ever stay quiet Yeah,
turn it up,
let the foundation shake It's all
just glass,
it's all gonna break
Into smoke and brick
Yeah, smoke and brick
Subway rattle and the sirens scream
Waking up the ghosts of a
broken dream They sell you the
pavement, they sell you the cage
They give you the ink but
they keep the page I'm carving
my name in the side of
a bus
Turning all the rust into the
two of us
Forget the future,
forget the past Nothing in this
zip code was built to last
We're just smoke and brick
Waiting for the fuse to burn
down quick
Caught in the middle of a
restless riot We're too damn loud
to ever stay quiet
Yeah, turn it up,
let the foundation shake It's all
just glass,
it's all gonna break
Into smoke and brick
They want us predictable They want
us neatly lined up
But there's a fire in the
mortar And it's time to fill
the cup Yeah,
tear it down
Tear it all down
We're just smoke and brick
Waiting for the fuse to burn
down quick
Caught in the middle of a
restless riot We're too damn loud
to ever stay quiet Yeah,
turn it up,
let the foundation shake It's all
just glass,
it's all gonna break
Into smoke and brick
Yeah, it's all gonna fall
Watch it turn to dust
Yeah, we're never gonna run
One, two, three,
go