His glasses broke the day that he fled home,
Swearing he’d remember even birth,
And every stone along the streets he’d roam,
As he unwrapped the paper from the earth.
But Los Angeles…
Winter saw him coming from the west.
Devils offered nothing for his soul.
Life without a mother hurts at best,
But home is not a place that eats you whole.
Los Angeles…
And filtered through the alleyways and bars,
We find the gutters of another town,
Where city light still blocks away the stars
And to return would only be to drown.
Oh yeah, Los Angeles…
God damn the stars.
God damn Los Angeles.
credits
from Bad Life,
released November 6, 2012
Machine Daydream - electronic arrangement
Emmalee Hunnicutt - cello
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