From the top to the bottom 
Bottom to top I stop 
At the core of forgotten 
In the middle of my thoughts 
Taken far from my safety 
The picture's there
The memory won't escape me 

[Verse: 1]
We're stuck in a place so dark, you can hardly see 
A manner of matter that splits, with the words I breathe 
An' as the rain drips, acidic questions around me 
I block out the sight of the powers that be 
An' duck away into the darkness, times up 
I wind up in a rusted world with eyes shut 
So tight that it blurrs into the world of pretend 
An' the eyes ease open and it's dark again 

[Bridge]
From the top to the bottom 
Bottom to top I stop 
At the core of forgotten 
In the middle of my thoughts 
Taken far from my safety 
The picture's there 
The memory won't escape me
why should I care 

[Chorus]
In the memory you'll find me
Eyes burning up
The darkness holding me tightly 
Until the sun rises up 

[Verse: 2]
Listen to the sound, dizzy from the ups and downs 
An' nauseated by the polluted rott, that's all around 
Watchin' the wheels of cars that pass I look past 
To the last of the light and the long shadows it casts 
A window grows and captures the eye 
An' cries out, a yellow light as it passes me by 
And a young shadowy figure sits in front of a box 
Inside, a building of rock with antennas on top 
Now, nothing can stop in this land of the pain 
The sane lose, not knowing they were part of the game 
An' while the insides changed, the box stays the same 
And the figure inside could bare anybody's name 
The memories I keep, are from a time like then 
I put 'em on paper so I could come back to them 
Someday I'm hopin' to close my eyes and pretend 
That this crumpled up paper, can be perfect again 

Yo
[Bridge: Repeat]

I'm here at this podium talking, the ceremonial offerings 
Dedicated to urban disfunctional offsprings (What's happenin'?)
City governments are eternally nappin'
An' trapped in greedy covenants, causin' urban collapsin' 
An' bullets that scar souls, with dark holes, get more than your car stole 
Some hearts be blacker than charcoal (the grill)
This society's deprivation depends 
Not on how it differences, but the separation within 
No preparation is made, limited aide an' minimum wage 
Livin' in a tenement cage where rent isnt paid
Tragedy within the parade 
The darkness overspreads like a permanent plague
An' I'm forgotten 

[Chorus: Repeat]