Neon Wounds

Whispers cut just like a knife Through a heart that's beat with strife The pavement cold beneath my feet Where every alleyway and lies incomplete In the depths of disrepair My breath fogs up the frigid air Windows shuttered, doors are locked Against the night, I fall The wind whispers of days gone by Old stories, told and swore I'm lost amidst the echoes The echoes of before I'm sinking in the silence That this town conceals Fractured dreams, fractured heart Underneath the wheels I'm sinking in the streetlights The darkest roads I'm standing in the crossroads Of memories that bleed Lone star state of mind's a battleground Of love that's just a seed Eclipsed by shadows clinging To a past I can't afford Guitars clash with the tale untold A cry for help, a hand to hold The skyline dark, the city's moan A place I live, but can't call home [Pre-Chorus] Rusty gates and neon signs Open wounds and dotted lines