New York

One-way ticket and a shaking hand. Midnight burning on the airport glass. He thought the ocean was a borderline. He thought the old life Would not cross. Red-eye flight and a coat for the cold. One small bag and a chest full of noise. You said, "New York, if I give you my Name, Give me back A different voice." All those towers in the distance Look like answers from above. When a man runs out of reasons, He starts calling cities love. New York, We crossed the sea for you. With one-way hearts And dreams we thought were true. New York, We wore your light like proof. But all that we had been Came here with us too. First few nights felt almost holy, Yes. White-walled rooms and a skyline view. But the same old silence knew the way upstairs And was waiting in the room. Every face that comes here shining Has a shadow sewn inside. And the city only shows you What you carried for the ride. New York, We crossed the sea for you. With one-way hearts And dreams we thought were true. New York, We wore your light like proof. But all that we had been Came here with us too. Oh. It was never in the skylines, Never in the steel and stone. It was asking one bright city to do what Truth must do alone. New York, We crossed the sea for you. With one-way hearts, oh, that broke before they Grew. New York, We wore your light like proof. But all that we had been Came here with us too. Morning gloom On silent glass. No one left To name what's true. They crossed the sea, They changed the view. But they brought themselves there Too. Oh. Oh, Oh, Oh.