Broken City

[Verse 1]

My city sleeps by the side of a freeway

A city of scraps

In the winter time she wore a yellow coat

Now there's nothing on her back

If a building falls you wouldn't care to notice

Unless you were in it

And then no one cares about climbing stairs

Nothing at the top no more

[Chorus]

Outside tripping in the broken city

Outside kicking in the broken city

I watch her bleed and crack

Outside tripping in the broken city

Outside kicking in the broken city

There's nothing wrong with that

[Verse 2]

Now the snow falls down

Like it's falling on an ocean, dead and empty

By the railroad tracks

Where they used to go and come

Now they don't come back

You can hear the rust growing up the throughways

Down the alleys

Where they stole this town from the frontier

I can see 'em trying to steal it back

[Chorus]

Outside tripping in the broken city

Outside kicking in the broken city

I watch her bleed and crack

Outside tripping in the broken city

Outside kicking in the broken city

There's nothing wrong with that

[Solo]

[Verse 3]

Now the sun won't shine

On this part of the map anymore

When it's cold outside

I see her hide behind the smokestacks

Nothing grows, there's no gold rush

No miner, no revolution behind her

And the shipyard is a graveyard

No one will be trying to find her

[Chorus]

Outside tripping in the broken city

Outside kicking in the broken city

I watch her bleed and crack

Outside tripping in the broken city

Outside kicking in the broken city

There's nothing wrong with that

[Outro]

Nothing wrong with that

Outside tripping in the broken city, yeah

Hey, outside tripping in the broken city

Hey, outside tripping in the broken city

Outside, outside

Outside, outside

Outside, outside

Outside