this town

• holidays in eden albümünde yer alan harika marillion parçası...
  
  lyrics: hogarth
  music: hogarth/kelly/mosley/rothery/trewavas
  
  the cars leave their trails of hot and cold light inside my head
  like burned-in long exposure pictures
  the wheels spin slowly backwards
  strobing in the amber light
  and the rain comes down and washes my brain
  but it don't get clean
  this town has turned me into what i have become
  this town dresses me up like a stranger
  this town performs in the window like the ultimate gift
  this town takes us down
  i feel like i'm losing you to this town
  
  we were saving our money for half of our lives
  we were saving our dreams
  and we came to this place to make the chances real
  in the big city
  but i've been counting the days
  i've been watching you change
  and i can feel it dying
  the noise outside takes you in its arms
  like a lamb to a lion
  
  and down there somewhere among the noise
  the magazine dolls and the big money boys
  move silently on their easy heels
  they move silently on their greasy wheels
  
  this town has turned me into what i have become
  this town dresses you up like a stranger
  this town hangs around in the doorway and tells me i'm late
  this town takes us down, takes us down
  i feel like i'm losing you to this town
  
  the morning breaks and i watch you awake
  this town takes you down away from me again