13 / Societal Collapse
Washington Weeps
Beneath broken bridges Wind bites the bone A few bills in my pocket Home long gone Empty avenues, echo Old pain, harder still Every shadow swallowing hope Shattered glass, the chill Rats run the sewers I run from the past Sirens singing midnight My faith never lasts Count the cracks curling down these hands One word hunger One word left Night falls silent, nowhere to hide I sleep with my suffering, hope on the side Barrel flashes, comfort dies Washington weeps, but no one cries I limp through alleys Blood stains my shirt Barefoot and battered Soul gets hurt Cries in the corridors, silent and low The stars watch in silence, they don't ever know An empty stomach twists tales Of better days, lost tracks Nobody knocking, nobody cares Steel doors slam shut, hearts crack Night falls silent, nowhere to hide I sleep with my suffering, hope on the side Barrel flashes, comfort dies Washington weeps, but no one cries Look ruin reflected In windows never clean Look warped worries What I am, what I've been Bruised and burned, breathless, bleak Days blurred together, weeks upon weeks Fear in the footsteps Stumbling, stare I speak to myself No answer there Rust on my memories, rot in the air Bleak as the river, cold as despair Capitol stands tall I crawl, they ascend Their light never reaches This street, my end Night falls silent, nowhere to hide I sleep with my suffering, hope on the side Barrel flashes, comfort dies Washington weeps, but no one cries Rain, relentless Rolls off my back Still I wander on With nothing but lack No peace, no pity, nothing remains Still black blood in my city, black blood in my veinsBack to Homeless and Hopeless