Metropolitan Lyrics

The car's in second gear, through the glass I hear

The sigh of the city

Piles on piles of splendor and glory

Respiration at ninety-six stories

My anthropology class isn't working out like I thought it would

Guess I can't tell people the way I thought I could

Just spilled my soda all over the floor

And the mats I cleaned when I had them fix the dent in the door

All these ordinary, all these fears and things

They drop away, they drop away when you

Grip me so tightly my breath leaves me

And I catch it up late

And the drink might spill and knowledge might escape me

And the car may die and the city may crumble

But this love it, it stays, when you

You throw your arms apart, and I see your heart

Like a wide open sea

All this clear blue to catch the sunlight

Let your rays shine on me, let them shine on me

Sometimes the planets move backwards

Like a stain in the sky

They wander to and fro while we all

Scratch our heads and wonder why

And sometimes lives wander too

Caught up in everyday confusion

But I know it's all retrograde motion

And you escape the illusion

You throw your arms apart, and I see your heart

Like a wide open sea

All this clear blue to catch the sunlight

Let your rays shine on me, let them shine on me

But don't you dare

Offer up your sanctuary

The soles of a million shoes

Will trample on all sides

Just lie flat

Just lie flat and wait for me

Gonna turn this car around

Motor back toward home

Pack enough for two, some for me and some for you

Pick you up and we'll roam

Free from all these distractions

Loud lights, bright sirens, useless action

Gonna play hooky 'til we're 84 years old

Laugh at our escape from this concrete stronghold

When you throw your arms apart, and I see your heart

Like a wide open sea

All this clear blue to catch the sunlight

Let your rays shine on me, let them shine on

You throw your arms apart, and I see your heart

Like a wide open sea

All this clear blue to catch the sunlight

Let your rays shine on me

Let them shine

Let them shine

Let them shine

Let them shine on me