Nicky Kulay - THE EMERALD CITY

I think I'm in my Twenties now
It all goes down from here, so they say
So I tried, to dream the truth away
And now that I'm awake
Here I am, back Upstate

Now I'm back to the place where, by design
I'm automatically identified
Suburbia loves to use you
As a poor excuse to say
We're making progress

But I want the past behind me
So you could not try and find me
I desire nothing more
Than to deny I and restore
Any lingering privacy
Write a couple hits, make a profit
And leave the citizen out of it

But I'm back at it with my bad habits
Is this progress or a chordal regression?
Goddamn it, can't a song stay vapid
With no concept of deleting the addict?
Trading green for a little caffeine
Didn't save me, only deepened extremes
I can't keep documenting like this:
A self-absorbed guilt-trip

So what do I tell my friends
(What do I tell my friends?)
What do I tell my family
(What do I tell my family?)
What do I tell Facebook
(What to tell Mark Zuckerberg?)
How I let my dream go, let me speak

To you, the mass communion of my past
That said my future is absolute
I can only disappoint thee
Cuz I've not yet done my duty
To you

I couldn't change the way I thought I could
Maybe I really am a product of my neighborhood
Maybe I really am every other man
Driven by my desires rather than the plan

Who am I?
Who am I?

I am stuck with my lens of retrospection
Where the only redemption is if I'm the hero
Of the story: this tale of average tragedy
Cuz I'm not what I used to be
I think I'm in my twenties now
I think I'm in my twenties now!

Almighty Maternal
Hear me out!
For I envision a chorus
Of 20,000 Angels
Singing your praises
And all it takes is
Your divine touch

Lord, I beg for one more chance!
I know I ask too many already
But I know whose name I want engraved online
Baby, it's yours and it's mine

Can't you see?
You're already within me
I gave up, I gave in
Now I am what I have been
I am the Wizard of this City:
OZ

This rendition has reached it's final revision
The Gays never learn, bored at the ball
May I return reborn or at all
But hey, before I go
I'll finish the story
I started seven years ago
But might this mean the end?
Goddamn Sandman, I don't wanna sleep again...

Written by:
Nicholas Radford

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