We Own the Skies

I am a breadwinner

I chose to brick these walls somehow

Beneath the city spires

I gave my shoulders to the plow

Cold and cruel the concrete

The wicked pavement chokes the sky

I chose this path

The one so often traveled by.Tonight, we burn the wintry frost of night

Tonight, we wish upon the fading light

Tonight, our burning hearts will rise

Tonight, we own the skiesMy hands are bleeding where they often crack

The stars will sometimes burn with longing

Through the choking black of night shifts piling each against the next

A Trojan horse inside my chest

Is screaming for the life I left

My kingdom for a steady paycheck