[00:10.02] From the top to the bottom [00:11.34] Bottom to top I stop [00:12.68] At the core I've forgotten [00:13.74] In the middle of my thoughts [00:14.90] Taken far from my safety [00:16.33] The picture's there [00:17.64] The memory won't escape me [00:19.68] We're stuck in a place so dark, you could hardly see [00:22.57] A manner of matter that splits with the words I breathe [00:25.15] And as the rain drips acidic questions around me [00:27.99] I block out the sight of the powers that be [00:30.13] Duck away into the darkness, times up [00:32.88] I wind up in a rusted world with eyes shut [00:35.16] So tight that it blurs into the world of pretend [00:37.65] And the eyes ease open and it's dark again [00:40.43] From the top to the bottom [00:41.46] Bottom to top I stop [00:42.84] At the core I've forgotten [00:43.90] In the middle of my thoughts [00:45.26] Taken far from my safety [00:46.67] The picture's there [00:47.71] The memory won't escape me [00:49.28] But why should I care [00:51.55] In the memory you'll find me [00:56.42] Eyes burning up [01:01.03] The darkness holding me tightly [01:06.01] Until the sun rises up [01:10.64] [01:15.27] Listen to the sound, dizzy from the ups and downs [01:18.39] And nauseated by the polluted rock that's all around [01:20.69] Watchin' the wheels of cars that pass [01:22.70] I look past to the last of the light and the long shadows it casts [01:26.42] A window grows and captures the eye [01:28.04] And cries out yellow light as it passes me by [01:30.69] And a young, shadowy figure sits in front of a box [01:33.15] Inside a building of rocks with antennas on top [01:35.84] Now, nothing can stop in this land of the pain [01:38.21] The same lose, not knowing they were part of the game [01:40.79] And while the insides change, the box stays the same [01:43.22] And the figure inside could bear anybody's name [01:46.08] The memories I keep are from a time like then [01:48.76] I put on my paper so I could come back to them [01:50.93] Someday I'm hopin' to close my eyes and pretend [01:53.41] That this crumpled up paper can be perfect again [01:56.12] From the top to the bottom [01:57.40] Bottom to top I stop [01:58.57] At the core I've forgotten [01:59.86] In the middle of my thoughts [02:01.15] Taken far from my safety [02:02.52] The picture's there [02:03.56] The memory won't escape me [02:05.60] I'm here at this podium talking, the ceremonial offerings [02:08.78] Dedicated to urban dysfunctional offspring [02:10.96] What's happening [02:11.98] City governments are eternally napping [02:13.75] Trapped in greedy covenants, causin' urban collapsing [02:16.59] Bullets that scar souls, with dark holds, get more than your car stole [02:19.43] Some hearts be blacker than charcoal [02:21.16] For real, this society's deprivation depends [02:23.57] Not on our differences, but the separation within [02:26.21] No preparation is made, limited aid, minimum wage [02:29.76] Livin' in a tenement cage where rent isn't paid [02:32.56] Tragedy within a parade [02:33.93] The darkness overspread like permanent plague [02:36.49] I'm the forgotten [02:37.64] In the memory you'll find me [02:42.29] Eyes burning up [02:47.33] The darkness holding me tightly [02:51.95] Until the sun rises up [02:57.89]