Twilight Of A Champion

The rising moon faces the sinking sun

And the lights in the tower blocks

Go on one by one

A big shot ...

Overlooking this black iron skyline

Surrounded by his symbols of prosperity

Sits back in his new leather chair

Ripped off the back of some unfortunate beast

I'm smiling through my teeth

Anybody can be a millionaire

So everybody's gotta try

But by the laws of this human jungle

Only the heartless will survive

And down there, but for the grace of God

Go I ...

The smoke and the steam

And the broken down dreams

The hope and the hunger

Frustration and anger

The little drunken lives

Drivin' through the traffic lights

And away from who they are

But I've been thinking of you

In this great city of great solitude

Crossin' the central reservation

Of my imagination

Searchin' for the world I left behind

A shadow hunting shadows

Of childhood life

It's all I want and all I miss

But how can I return to a place that don't exist?

From Mombassa to Miami

Beirut to Bangladesh

I've flown around the world

Standing on the wing of a jet

Tryin' to salvage my emotions

From the bottom of the oceans

Y'see I sold my soul

To pay for my dinner

My stomach grew fatter

But my heart grew thinner

I ain't fooling I'm falling

I wasn't wicked just weak

I ain't lying I'm dying

Crippled by deceit

Crossin' the central reservation

Of my imagination

Searchin' for the world I left behind

A shadow hunting shadows

Of childhood life

It's all I want and all I miss

But how can I return to a place that don't exist?

Oh, these hands that wrote

"The agony has just begun"

Will be the hands that pull

The trigger of this gun