Like a shadow in the night

Swallows up that city light

Like fire in the rain

Gets put out again

Like a weapon kept concealed

Explosive elements reveal

A criminal inside of you

No ground to stand, nothing to lose

The distribution of wealth

What a ******* scam

That's why its hard to survive in this so called promise land

You gotta do what you gotta do to get by

Facilitate that permanent high

Smoke filled lungs inside of you

It's hard to dream of glory when you got something to prove

Sometimes we're all victims of depression and unrest

Some people got no heart, that's just the way its always been

Some never find what their looking for

Few get what they want, and fewer get more

Sometimes you gotta cross that line

When you ain't got enough to get by

Like an angel lost in hell

I walk a path I know so well

I feel lost in a familiar way, another memory I can't explain

Cause it's the bottle that seems to flow

Through another day of the drunk unknown

I'm looking for a fight, at 11.15 on a Saturday night

Wake up on Sunday morning

To the sound of breaking glass and sirens calling

Bricks and bottles in the street

Alert the police, cause it's a state of emergency

And the traffic lights all go blinking red

And a voice on the radio says 'get out while you can'

And in the gridlock panic sets in

And there ain't no engine built fast enough

To outride the Armageddon

And if you don't give it up I'm gonna take it

And if you don't give it up I'm gonna take it

And if you don't give it up I'm gonna take it

And how long did you think you could keep me tricked?

I'll be cold walking through the backbay flinging bricks

Like a shadow in the night

Swallows up that city light

Like fire in the rain

Gets put out again

Like a weapon kept concealed

Explosive elements reveal

A criminal inside of you

No ground to stand, nothing