City Shaped Me

[Intro] City breathes through cracks in the concrete, faint and bright Footpaths feathered with dust, the pulse of neon night [Verse 1] I walk the avenues like veins through stone Every step a season, every mile a home The grit clings soft to the soles of my shoes A map of every curb where I learned to refuse [Pre-Chorus] Sirens sing a lullaby, a river in chrome Their rhythm threads through me, I’m never alone [Chorus] The city keeps me, babe, in its weathered embrace I lose my old self, yet I find a new place Cracks become bones, streetlight becomes spine In the glow of progress, I’m strangely mine [Verse 2] Shopfronts bloom like wounds that learned to heal Glass mirrors swallow fears that I once could feel I wear the night like a coat that fits too tight Yet in the crowded hush, I catch a familiar light [Pre-Chorus] Sirens sing a lullaby, a river in chrome Their rhythm threads through me, I’m never alone [Chorus] The city keeps me, babe, in its weathered embrace I lose my old self, yet I find a new place Cracks become bones, streetlight becomes spine In the glow of progress, I’m strangely mine [Bridge] If belonging is a echoeshift, I’m listening slow The pavement teaches patience, roots in alien glow [Chorus] The city keeps me, babe, in its weathered embrace I lose my old self, yet I find a new place Cracks become bones, streetlight becomes spine In the glow of progress, I’m strangely mine [Outro] So let the sirens hum until the night turns thin I’m reshaped by the city, and it reshapes me in