Break

Neon lights are still awake

But the streets lost their sound

Billboards promise brighter days

No one reads them now

Yesterday the news said

Everything would grow

But every corner now just says

Another store to go

Coffee getting colder

Dreams are getting small

Resumes fall like stones tonight

Into a silent wall

Numbers in my bank account

Fade like ocean tide

Taking every footprint

We tried to leave behind

Everybody looking up

But nobody will say

Is tomorrow really coming

Or just fading grey

Grey sunshine

Falling on an empty street

In the crowd

Every heart has lost its beat

Time moves on

But the world feels stuck in place

If the future really lives

Why won’t it show its face

Grey sunshine

Wind between the towers high

City lights

But no answers in the sky

Contracts getting thinner

Promises getting old

Office lights still shining

But nobody feels bold

They say wait

They say try

They say things will turn around

But the elevator keeps going down

Clock ticking

Plans missing

Hope turning to dust

Everybody selling dreams

Nobody we trust

If tomorrow really calls

Why can’t we hear the sound

Suddenly the city feels quiet

Like someone pressed pause

If tomorrow still exists

Send a signal through the noise

Grey sunshine

Shining through a hollow day

We’re still here

Standing in the same old place

Maybe hope is just far away

Past another street

Morning comes again

But no one cheers

Wind takes the paper dreams