blood on the pavement

Watch the world turn white As You open your eyes Flashes fade to squares of light Projected on scraper sides This isn’t a figment This is your life Watching the river Blood on the pavement The city might be bigger But your smaller in it You see a city as a phase New York at night LA by day Explosion of sparks on the street As cigarette leaves teeth And meets the concrete Performed disinterest In everyone you meet You must be asleep Just a bad dream Watching the river Blood on the pavement The city might be bigger But your smaller in it You see a city as a phase New York at night LA by day A summer lasts forever Depending on your age Is there one you still remember That you swear left you changed Perhaps tied to a person Or maybe a place