Escape

The street is rushing beneath This is the fastest way I know Where all the cars move backwards And giant alley trees were grown again I cut across the city's backyards Counting cracks in the concrete A burst open spider web And every blade of grass will make me sneer When all the fields dried up Tens of comfortable years ago I made this journey once before And the city fed me long enough To put on weight around the middle This is apparent affluence Lived in a pack when I was little Then I got pulled apart from closest friends There was a door on my horizon And silver sparkling rays were pouring in So I sneaked away on soft hands Another world in the making Now I know how you felt Now I know how you felt --- Escape - Apparat