In the dark heart of the city's edge,
Where neon whispers through alley ledges,
I stumbled in the rain with secrets deep,
Winding down streets where dreams sleep cheap.

With every step, a memory untold,
A life lived fast, where regrets grow old.
Beneath streetlights flickering and dim,
The echoes of nights I swore to him.

"Baby, we've got to get out of this place,"
But the storm's inside me, a raging chase.
We danced on broken glass in moonlit haze,
Promises of love were cheap cocaine days.

Now shadows linger like old regrets,
Each alley mouth is a forgotten set.
In smoke and mirrors, I try to find
A truth beyond this neon line of crime.

The rain pours down like salty tears,
Washing away what once used to be fears.
But every drop that soaks into the night,
Leaves behind a story no one gets right.

I'm chasing ghosts with open arms,
In places where there's little charm.
This city's heart, it beats in time
To secrets only the pavement knows in rhyme.

♫♫♫ Vektrax
"shut up and play."
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