Escalator Shrine

[Lyrics to «Escalator Shrine»]

[Instrumental Intro]

[Verse 1]

We are escalator walkers

In the brand-new temple

Came to reshape identities, shed our skins

Be reborn and feel the same

Feel the same: «that no one here is real»

[Verse 2]

We are moving standees

In the shrine of choices

Incarcerated between floors

Of hope and disappointment

We feel the same, feel the same:

«That no one here is real»

We feel the same, feel the same:

«That nothing here is still» (oh)

[Verse 3]

We are stairway drifters, made of cyber paper

Google-boys and Wiki-girls, children of the self-care

We come to pray every single training day

Looking for a chance to survive

Buying reduced price illusions

Floating into another light

Melting into another lonely crowd (oh)

[Bridge]

We feel the same, feel the same:

«That no one here, is real» (oh)

We feel the same, feel the same:

«That nothing here is still (still, still, still...)»

[Instrumental Build-Up]

[Verse 4]

Used to have our love

And now — disposable needs

Used to have our souls

And now — refined new skins

(Take, use, throw away, forget)

[Instrumental Build-Up]

[Verse 5]

Dragging our feet, tired and deceived, slowly moving on

Bracing shaky legs against all those wasted years

We roll the boulders of sins, up a hill of new days

(Up, up, up) up a hill of new days

In the arms of the setting sun, our burdens cast shadows

Over fiery ground, catching final rays

We try to reach the journey’s end, before the sun will die

We sense we’re almost there (we sense we’re almost there)

But the night comes too soon (the night comes to soon)

And we crawl in the dark, (we crawl in the dark, crawl in the dark)

Not ready to face up (not ready to face up)

To unknowing lies (to unknowing lies)

We ache to go back (we ache to go back, ache to go back)

[Outro]

But we can’t stop, but we can't stop

So we walk ahead, so we walk ahead

But we can’t stop, but we can't stop

So we walk ahead, so we walk ahead

Walk ahead

[Instrumental Outro]

(La-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-la)

(La-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-la)

(La-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-la)