Wires in the Haze

One left open with the alley cats Windows crack but they never align Pushing through the swarm at dawn's first spark Every shoulder knocks me off my mark Smiles sold in shop windows so bright But my reflection's lost in the fight I'm not alone I'm not alone Call out names I invent on the fly They nod back with mechanical eyes Pulses racing, wires crossed in the haze Dodging sparks from a thousand blank gazes Stranger in the shuffle, king of the queue Lost my shadow somewhere, what about you? Bouncing off walls that don't bounce back Back, back, back, back, back City's a joke and I'm the punchline act Hey-ho, urban ghost parade Fading fast in the masquerade Elevator confessions to mirrored walls Voices, egos, we all take the fall Coffee steam rises like unanswered pleas Sipping solitude between you and me Billboards promise friends I can't claim Chasing pixels in a digital game Circuits frying, signals gone astray Hollow cheers in the of the day Stranger in the shuffle, king of the queue Lost my shadow somewhere, what about you? Bouncing off walls that don't bounce back Back, back, back, back, back, back City's a joke and I'm the punchline act Hey-ho, urban ghost parade Fading fast in the masquerade Twist the dial, tune out the roar Invent a world behind every day Giggle at the gears that grind us small We're all clowns in this carnival hall La-la-la-lay, hey, spin me around La-la-la-lay, sound, lost and found Stranger in the shuffle, king of the queue Lost my shadow somewhere, what about you? Bouncing off walls that don't bounce back, back, back, back, back City's a joke and I'm the punchline act Hey-ho, urban ghost parade Fading fast in the masquerade Fade the masquerade In the masquerade Hey-ho, ghost parade Hey-ho Ghost parade