Twilight Of A Champion Lyrics - The The

The risin' moon faces the sickenin' sun 

And the lights in the tower blocks go on, one by one 

A big shot, overlookin' this black iron skyline 

Surrounded by his symbols of prosperity sits back in his new leather chair 

Ripped off the back of some unfortunate beast 

I'm smilin' through my teeth 

Anybody can be a millionaire, so everybody's gotta try 

But by the laws of this human jungle only the heartless will survive 

And down there but for the grace of God, go I 

The smoke and the steam, and the broken down dreams 

The hope and the hunger, frustration and anger 

The little drunken lives drivin' through the traffic lights 

And away from who they are 

But I've been thinkin' of you 

In this great city of great solitude 

Crossin' the central reservation of my imagination 

Searchin' for the world I left behind 

A shadow huntin' shadows of childhood life 

It's all I want and all I miss 

But how can I return, to a place that don't exist 

From Mombosa to Miami, Beiruit to Bangladesh 

I've flown around the world standin' on the wing of a jet 

Tryin' to salvage my emotions from the bottom of the oceans 

You see I sold my soul to pay for my dinner 

My stomach grew fatter but my heart grew thinner 

I ain't fooling, I'm fallin', I wasn't wicked just weak 

I ain't lyin', I'm dyin' crippled by deceit 

Crossin' the central reservation of my imagination 

Searchin' for the world I left behind 

A shadow hunting shadows of childhood life 

It's all I want and all I miss 

But how can I return to a place that don't exist 

Oh, these hand that wrote the agony has just begun 

Will be the hands that pull the trigger of this gun