IAMX - Oh Beautiful Town Lyrics
I grew up blind just like everyone’s childIn the warmth of milk and deceitSmothered by love and the chemical dustThere was never enough to believeThey chewed me up, they spat me outOf their system and onto their streetAnd the rest of my life was a sprint to forgetAll the greatness that could never beOh beautiful townI remember you blacker than nightThe whores and the sick-mouthsThe bad taste and the neon lightsOh beautiful townWhere are you now with your binge insecurities?I shut you down, beautiful townBecause you tear your childrenInto piecesAbsence twisted with fondnessIs the horror I couldn’t forgetProgrammed in the great artOf family, lies and debtsToo much expectationFollowed by hope and then hate in the messAnd the rest of my life was a glorious testOf my will and my selfish neglectOh beautiful townI remember you blacker than nightThe whores and the sick-mouthsThe bad taste and the neon lightsOh beautiful townWhere are you now with your binge insecurities?I shut you down, beautiful townBecause you tear your childrenInto piecesOn the floor boards under insolent feetI mapped the hopscotch to my parents’ retreatWith a lavender bag in my handAnd words of desperation on my tongueGood night father, good night motherAre you still awake?
