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Intro

Verse 1

Tonight I need the bright lights

still got her face on my mind.

Heading where the talk is cheap and I'm

dressed to a "t"

so they won't notice me

Verse 2

It's warm for October

and I've got the windows down.

The skyline whispers

her promises, the same lie each night.

Pre-chorus

But I force myself to believe...

Chorus

And I swore it'd be different but how could it be?

What I came to escape is right here inside of me.

Verse 3

The city's a desert

with photographic stars.

Each pretty face is

just a mirage, and my mouth's full of sand again.

Pre-chorus2

But I force myself to believe,

across the river's the cure for what's sick inside of me.

Chorus

And I swore it'd be different but how could it be?

What I came to escape is right here inside of me.

And I swore it'd be different but how could it be?

What I came to escape is right here inside of me.

Bridge

I look in the mirror past the buildings,

the sky's getting light.

Another piece of my innocence is the admission

I paid there tonight.

Slow down past her exit though it makes me sick, and I

imagine her saying,

"You're better than this

you're better than this."

Chorus

And I swore it'd be different but how could it be?

What I came to escape is right here inside of me.

And I swore it'd be different but how could it be?

What I came to escape is right here inside of me.

Whoa-Whoa

And I swore it'd be different