мрак Teeth of the City

The city bites Bite back

Concrete jaw and a subway tongue
Chews up old and swallows young
Every billboard sells a better disguise
But the gutter keeps a record of the honest nights

Let the skyline show its teeth
We got harder underneath

In the teeth of the city
We stand up, sharp and pretty
In the teeth of the city
No mercy, no self-pity
Let it bite, let it try
We come back twice alive

I wore my fear like a borrowed coat
Left it on the train with a bad old note
He found a rhythm in the traffic light
Now every block knows our names tonight

Let the skyline show its teeth
We got harder underneath

In the teeth of the city
We stand up, sharp and pretty
In the teeth of the city
No mercy, no self-pity

Bite down
Hold fast
Long night
Won't last
Steel and smoke can't swallow us whole
The city gets teeth—we get soul

In the teeth of the city
We stand up, sharp and pretty
In the teeth of the city
No mercy, no self-pity

Bite back!