City Boy

City Boy

Feeling alone in a crowded room

The sounds of the city are all around me

Blaring on like an alarm

Why won’t it all stop?

 

Moved to a faraway place

Hoping to escape the loneliness

I ran away

What a coward I am

 

Met a few people

Quickly became friends

My days seemed to shine a little brighter

Smiling down at me for the first time in ages

 

Happiness didn’t last long here

No surprise there

It wasn’t long before I was cast back into despair

I couldn’t run away this time

 

Don’t look at me this time

I can’t solve your problems

Stop gazing at me that way

False hope will get you nowhere

 

Bound by meaningless obligation

I’m stuck fighting shadows

Why couldn’t I just be left alone?

I’m just a mouse running away from the waiting mouth of a voracious cat

 

My life has never been happy

Tears streaming down my face

Love was something I lacked in my earlier years

Sadness was natural, I drowned in it

 

I’m not a hero

A hero is something I could never be

Stop calling on me

A worthless city boy like me