City Of Sinners

In a city of sinners
In the land of the free
You were born in December 2003
Your dad was a businessman
Your mother worked hard
To provide for their only child
A great, big head start

You were the next
In a long line of men
The extension of pride
And certainty then
But an empty white canvas
Was all that you craved
Would you take that secret
With you to your grave?
In a city of sinners
City of sinners

The road there before you
Was carefully paved
With cash and intentions
It’s clear all the way
But there’s no excitement
For a hungry young mind
At the foot of a precipice
With oceans of time

The future’s all carved out
In concrete and stone
But there’s an uneasiness
Deep in your bones
The road and the wilderness
Screaming your name
And whatever you choose
Nothing will be the same

In a city of sinners
In a city of lies

In a city of sinners
What is the point of one more?
In the eyes of a few
That were blocking the way to the door

In a city of sinners
Walks a reborn young man
He shakes off his feathers
He makes his own plan
The empty white canvas
Stretched out in his view
The wilderness beckons
The start of the new