[00:22.75]I climbed to the top of this mountain
[00:27.20]with no fear of tumbling down.
[00:31.69]For one brief moment in time
[00:35.66]I freed my mind of this town.
[00:39.13]Got clear sight of lights on the hills
[00:44.42]just outside the city's grip
[00:48.94]and just like that, just like that
[00:53.28]I let the moment sleep.
[00:57.45]Every face seems familiar on these crowded streets,
[01:01.99]Sidewalks sway to the beat of my stammering feet,
[01:06.97]Lost in a world of handshakes and receipts,
[01:11.46]I hear a song it's calling out to me.
[01:34.40]The people are aligned on the road like candle pins.
[01:44.80]Wobbling above gutters humming old retired hymns.
[01:52.39]Can't you see it's all a cavalcade of delusion stares
[02:00.12]and just like that, just like that we are prone to disappear.
[02:10.22]Every face seems familiar on these crowded streets,
[02:14.42]Sidewalks sway to the beat of my stammering feet,
[02:19.28]Lost in a world of handshakes and receipts,
[02:24.60]I hear a song it's calling out to me.
[02:33.13]What's the price that you pay
[02:38.65]for living everyday
[02:43.51]like a number on a docket,
[02:48.36]a dollar to be saved?
[02:52.37]What's the price you pay
[02:56.97]when you give yourself away
[03:01.39]with swollen fists in your pocket,
[03:05.38]from the workhouse to your grave?
[03:13.00]Let's pray we don't end up this way.