Lyrics

[Verse 1] Ain't it funny how this city never sleeps? From up here I can see the whole piece Heard they look like ants, but I think they look like sheep Or something that you'd scrape from off the bottom of your feet Traffic lanes are like the veins of a body Commerce is a cancer like a Trojan is an offering They watch what sells 'till what cells remain are rotting That growth is gonna burst inside the coffin Tell 'em that I'll watch the city burn like Nero in an opera Watch 'em stoke the fire with their stocks and options Truth is an illusion, stocks aren't an option I will not cry for Gotham 'Cause I could never shed a single tear from an eye For a city so obsessed with "I" that they all went blind Couldn't see the forest for the trees If they chopped 'em down until their children couldn't even breathe [Hook] I've been told this city never sleeps They say they need a hero, don't they? Well I hope that they don't turn to me 'Cause I'll no longer be here waiting I've been told this city never sleeps They say they need a hero, don't they? Well I hope that they don't turn to me 'Cause I'll no longer be here waiting [Verse 2] They built this city on a vicious cycle Let the children smoke for their own survival The citizens choked while the figures looked positive They'll only stop it if it costs more for you to light one Same goes for the pokies and the junkies They deal with their problems when they feel it in their money So when they come running and they look to me for help Shine a beacon in the sky, you can tell 'em that I'll Turn a blind eye to the city as its saviour As they turn a blind eye to criminal behaviour The safest place left will be the bars in which they're locked up The people too poor to afford their way to justice And as the flames rise, let them run to the seas And flee upon their boats as ironic refugees May the last thing they see be the earth reclaim its lease From the land which they seized, not welcomed here in peace [Hook] I've been told this city never sleeps They say they need a hero, don't they? Well I hope that they don't turn to me 'Cause I'll no longer be here waiting I've been told this city never sleeps They say they need a hero, don't they? Well I hope that they don't turn to me 'Cause I'll no longer be here waiting