Lean and Hungry in Yesteryear

Wide eyes for when times stops, when brakes lock
Harboring cadence, we can run down the halls that once witnessed our past
I’ll fake the grin if you break the clock
Spread arms like wings; we’ll make angels on walls laced with dust
Watch me impersonate kings; listen closely as the water pipe sings
Shed your angel wings; improvise against time as the pendulum swings
Let us watch our teeth collide and coincide and act like we know how to feel.
We build skyscrapers and monuments with things we thieve and steal.

We can chase our dreams but still make sure they’re out of reach
We’ll object to feet off beat, moving to childhood anthems and requiems
We’ll break those who choose to impose and bury them beneath the sunlit beach
You can reason with fate if you let me rewrite the hymns
I’ll unlock the gates; you can hang morals from liberty’s limbs
Let us watch our teeth collide and coincide and act like we know how to feel.
We build skyscrapers and monuments with things we thieve and steal.

We won’t break stride, even with the archers’ bows bent to fire
The window down the hall hosts the sight of a northern star
Inspired, I break to escape, leaving you to the hunt of the night’s desire
Knowing the fate of this hand, we can toast of the glory of getting this far
Together forever, we have no pride so we bow and drain our wrists for our lord
We can go out back and play Brutus and Strato if you hold the sword
Let us watch our teeth collide and coincide and act like we know how to feel.
We build skyscrapers and monuments with things we thieve and steal .