Written in Prague, recorded in York - a track about cities & society.
lyrics
Rushing By
I’ve been walking these streets alone
Running circles round this old tourist town
I’ve been flashing my lens at all the monuments, I’ve been wandering around
I’ve learnt some history of what’s been before
Trying to make sense of this world
but I think I’m gonna have to, search a little more
I see bigwigs in suits, neon lights and adverts, excess and greed
While my brothers are lying, begging in the streets
Knealing as they plead
People keep rushing by
I keep on wondering why
So I’ll just hold my head up high
Look at the city lights
Sometimes I take walks in cemeteries
And I wonder about the lives that used to be
Or I people watch in airports, for hours at a time
I wonder what they’re all doing, with their lives
Tic-toc says the clock and we rush around
It’s gonna huff and puff until we buckle, It’s gonna knock us down
So we’ll make our lists, tick them off and write them again
Just to feed our appetites, we’ll be working for the man
We’re puzzle pieces forming the picture of the system
Jumping through their hoops, just to tie up our loose ends
Traffic choked, puffing smoke cars roll by
If I squint my eyes they look like fireflies
With all the puffing smoke, I cough and choke
Gotta go, gotta leave, gotta get out of this town
I don’t like the unrealistic representations of beauty
That we’re fed from the media
I don’t like the lies and manipulated realities
That we read on Wikipedia
But I like the perspective that I get when I view
My life and city from high in the clouds
When we’re removed from familiarity is when we learn
What we really need around
I’m gonna spring clean my soul, declutter my mind
Reprioritize the things that I value in life
Cause I’m searching for honesty, for beauty and truth
Transparency and love, it’s what we gotta do
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