The City Lyrics - Oh Little Fire - Sarah Harmer

The city was too late for us 

I got there and you wanted to get away 

The city was too gray for us 

We slept through the blue skies 

Under clouds of the duvet 

And the streets were all to straight for us 

A parade of nobility seen from above 

But the city is to blame for us 

And what was our love 

The city makes you make a fuss 

It's places to meet up under the light 

The city's got its stake in us 

It's keeping receipts of our hello's and our hi's 

And everything is made of dust 

From the backs of the comets to the little street mice 

The city takes so long to get quiet 

And lust wasn't sleeping that night 

Before we knew it we knew it was right 

Before we blew it I didn't know that we might 

And now it's somebody's story and I'm not sorry that it's mine 

Before we knew it we were out of time 

The city says 'oh if I could' 

But the rain-soaked battered view makes you not sure 

Am I walking in your neighbourhood? 

I was just driving by the rained-out streets where we once were 

And even though it's way too late 

Time seems to have stopped still where we stood 

You ran back in and you're somewhere in the city 

You're somewhere in the city and I hope you're good