Lyrics:

I have watched and wondered
as the colors turn to grey
I've seen the metal machines
and the factory dreams
I've just got to get away.

I have grown accustomed to the drugs of power and steel
And the aching in my head and the concrete bed
and the politians all their feel

I have learned to save my smile
and use it like a knife
We've all learned to trust in prophets
who value profit over life
I have watched the skyline grown in defiance of the sun
We let it take us and we let it break us
now the damage has been done.

I have learned the language, of lost and walked the streets
Damn the cities minstrels, who knows all of the secrets that it keeps
I can recall when our visions were small and music filled the air
But the minstrels crying, but the music dying and the cities everywhere

It's everywhere, it's everywhere

Now there's no more singing, just a ringing in my ear.
And the city's story and all it's glory, is the greatest of our fears
Long ago, once upon a time, we sang a song so sweet
But I can't hear the melody, I just feel the driving beat
Beneath our feet