New York Nights

Lyrics

[Intro: Samantha Coerbell] Mind numbing Mentally crushing Membrane sloshing Noise (Noise) [Verse 1: Samantha Coerbell] Manhattan rumbled through night and I never knew that Had suspected, had read it on t–shirts: "The city that never sleeps" But didn't need to believe it The onliest sound I believed was the train pulling out Heard from 'bout 6 blocks away That was an all night sound Smooth, not chatter [Interlude] [Verse 2: Samantha Coerbell] The noise was too noisy I mean noisier than noise had to be Noisier than the splash sound of the shore Upon the roar of a 757 taking the summer route Upon mom vex cause littlе kids don't listen Noise bigger than blockbustеr videos Playing in the next room at the 4am matinee and the phone... That was just noise I mean noisier than noise should be Not ear deafening (Mind numbing) Mentally crushing Membrane sloshing Noise (Noise) [Verse 3: Samantha Coerbell] Keithie and his boys walked and talked shit nights but It was always distinct, not chatter N' jersey girls didn't giggle at the freaks 'talianos sucking Corona bottles Making crashes fill the street Never plugged the void of my nights, because The void was silence [Verse 4: Samantha Coerbell] Over in Bushwick The ice cream man pulled his truck over while Shall we say, he got his popsickle sucked He pulled over his truck but the song kept on All day, all night The song means the ice cream guy's gettin' some It don't even mean ice cream 'Cause they hear the song And there's no guy selling ice cream from the truck 'Sides, who got money to be giving kids every time they hear the song Woven between the sounds of car horns and latin rhythms (Car horns and latin rhythms) And the ice cream guy... Gets death threats [Interlude] [Refrain: Hepzibah Sessa] Gotta get me a token Make the rumble of the "A" my lullaby Gotta escape to the womb of my room I never believed in New York nights [Verse 5: Hepzibah Sessa] I never slept in Manhattan before 21 years, 16 by the shore It may have taken a while to get used to the silence The absence of sound through night at my home But I've never slept in Manhattan before It hurts It is hurting my head as I write this It is making my mind squeeze itself through a tiny doorway Onto a massive stage Where sound is disconnected from action Each render themselves tiles in the mosaic Pretty is the picture from far away [Refrain: Hepzibah Sessa] Gotta get me a token Make the rumble of the "A" my lullaby Gotta escape to the womb of my room I never believed in New York nights [Refrain: Hepzibah Sessa] Gotta get me a token Make the rumble of the "A" my lullaby Gotta escape to the womb of my room [Verse 7: Hepzibah Sessa] Each tone drifts against the next With nowhere it would rather be No desire of dominance No call to signify nothing [Coda: Hepzibah Sessa] Gotta get me a token Make the rumble of the "A" my lullaby Gotta get me a token Gotta escape to the womb of my room I never believed in New York nights Gotta get me a token Gotta escape to the womb of my room [Outro: Hepzibah Sessa] Gotta get me a token Make the rumble of the "A" my lullaby I never believed in New York nights