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Broken Palace Wires
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[Cold Open] [Ferry] Streetlamp hisses, flicks and brays Rubber soul shuffles at the end of the maze Ripped notes in a pocket, dawn never comes clean Rust on the hinges of something unseen [Verse 0] [Ferry] Falling through puddles of sodium light Paper cup fortune, crumpled with fright Trainyards coughing, veins ticking slow Broken-glass laughter in alleys below [Pre-Chorus] Gravel tongues biting, city calls twice Curtains for company, roll loaded dice [Chorus] [Bowie] Electric Orpheus calling from the underground Wires spark and shudder on your crown Cracked voice singing as the cables burn One side sighs, the other one yearns [Intro Verse] [Ferry] Black gloves trembling, flickers on the street Pavement oil rainbow, clatter beneath my feet Panic in my collar, static nicks my sleeve Copper taste of morning, nothing left to leave [Pre-Chorus] Footsteps like warnings, brittle and slow Drags from a cigarette, fog in the glow [Chorus] [Chorus] Electric Orpheus calling from the underground Wires spark and shudder on your crown Cracked voice singing as the cables burn One side sighs, the other one yearns [Post-Chorus] Ahh ahh β the city moans Ahh ahh β stray unknowns [Verse 2] Cash in my pocket, barely enough for the train Bent keys on this piano, scratching at the windowpane Bleeding fingers strumming static through the haze Stumbling through the alleys, just waiting for a change [Pre-Chorus] Glitter on the gutter, boots stained gray Give me something broken, take the gloss away [Chorus] Electric Orpheus calling from the underground Wires spark and shudder on your crown Cracked voice singing as the cables burn One side sighs, the other one yearns [Post-Chorus] Ahh ahh β the city moans Ahh ahh β stray unknowns [Bridge] Flicker in the gutter, got a jolt in my veins Breath full of static, talk tangled in chains Ghosts behind storefronts with neon in their eyes Ride the current sideways, chase another high [Verse 3] Loose change rattles with the truth in the case Ink stains fading, tracing lines across my face Flashing past storefronts with dreams set to stall Out here with the broken, where the wild wires crawl [Pre-Chorus] No gold in the pocket, just stains and chrome But lightning keeps humming β wonβt let me go home [Chorus] Electric Orpheus calling from the underground Wires spark and shudder on your crown Cracked voice singing as the cables burn One side sighs, the other one yearns [Post-Chorus] Ahh ahh β the city moans Ahh ahh β stray unknowns [Outro] Train rumbles distant, pages torn and thin Pavement sings a hymn for midnight skin Tape reels spinning out, spool tangled in the rain Orpheus electric, fading but remains [Post-Chorus] Ahh ahh β shadows spin Ahh ahh β nowhere to begin [Outro Refrain] (Bowie & Ferry together) Echo down the lines, we flicker and bend Sparks in the gutter, the current wonβt [Outro Verse] Ferryβs voice trembling, boots scraped raw Laughter in the sidestreets, splinters in the jaw Glass stuck in shoelaces, tracing the grid Shadows play tricks where regrets are hid [Final Chorus] [Bowie soars] Electric Orpheus still calls from below Fingers twitch and stumble, sockets overflow Wires tangled gently where the daylight runs One hand opens, the other one shuns [Last Post-Chorus] Ahh ahh β flickers return Ahh ahh β always we burn [Outro Tag] Night bends around us, engines humming slow Electric Orpheus β nowhere left to go
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