I'm a prisoner to the city I was born with a chain on my neck I used to think the bright lights were so pretty But now they're gone and I think I'm a wreck We can't dig holes in the pavement But that's okay, we lived in the sand We're sinking and need someone to save us So hoist me up with your fragile hands Locked up by taxis and transit A silver cigarette tucked in your ear Heat's dropping and I can't stand it I'm still looking for what I wanna hear I get sucked into my own mind Cast out from my own kind I always say the wrong thing at the right time Painting structures, bases punchline Pretty faces, hotline Changing paces combine Give us more time My rhymes are young but my reasons are ancient And I forget what I do with my lungs Petrified people from strange places Tell me who I am, lead with your tongue Give your wrist and I promise I'll take it Why don't you follow me into the world? Know your enemies: friends who can't fake it The paper crane, it tends to unfold I get sucked into my own mind Cast out from my own kind I always say the wrong thing at the right time Painting structures, bases punchline Pretty faces, hotline Changing paces combine Give us more time Break me out of here Whispers 'round my ear (Changing faces) Break me out of here (Changing paces) Whispers 'round my ear (Changing faces) Ah! (Changing paces) Ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh