City of stars Are you shining just for me? There's so much that I can't see I felt it from the first embrace I shared with you That now our dreams They've finally come true Just one thing everybody wants There in the bars

Who cares if one more light goes out? In a sky of a million stars It flickers, flickers Who cares when someone's time runs out? If a moment is all we are We're quicker, quicker If they say Should've stayed, were there signs, I ignored?

These days, the stars seem out of reach These days, there ain't a ladder on these streets There ain't nobody left but us these days But these days, there ain't a ladder on these streets These days are fast, love don't last in this graceless age And there

Something to blame for a long lost time From green to red our days pass by Waiting for a sign to tell us why Are we dancing all alone? Collect some stars to shine for you And start today 'cause there's only a few A sign of times my friend What's the

And then you get up and get up and get up again Never run down Just keep telling yourself there's no shame They don't know 'bout who we are They don't know 'bout you and I They ain't know 'bout the stars of your eyes Oh hot blood love is gonna get ya

Soon as I get right I'mma take care of you Swear I'm so prepared to love you Know there's no one there above you And fuck whoever thought it wasn't that hard Fifteen hundred dollar limit dreaming about a black card Aiming for the stars, with a rocket in

All shall fade Home is behind The world ahead And there are many paths to tread Through shadow To the edge of night Until the stars are all alight Mist and shadow Cloud and shape

The landlady takes me up in the air I go, I go where I would not dare The landlady shows me the stars up there I'm weightless, weightless when she is there And I'll never know, never know what starving poets meant 'Cause when I was broke, it was you that

And here you are And here you are and There is a room It floats above the stars This is my home It's filled with twisted light Our prayers will speak soon But not without words

When the little sensation gets in your way Isn't it amazing you can do anything Isn't it amazing what you can accomplish No ambition whisperin' over your shoulder Temporary towers soar Til there are no stars anymore If there's a goal that everyone