[Verse 1]
Wandering through shadows of forgotten towns
Neon lights flicker with spectral frowns
Haunted by echoes of stories untold
Gripped by despair my soul grows cold
[Chorus]
Light of big cities, beacons of pain
Leading me nowhere again and again
From town to town I drag my own doom
In the heart of the dark I echo in gloom
[Verse 2]
Silent streets breathe broken dreams
Crushed beneath life's cruel schemes
Each step I take through distant dust
Still I remain unwanted, unjust
[Chorus]
Light of big cities, beacons of pain
Leading me nowhere again and again
From town to town I drag my own doom
In the heart of the dark I echo in gloom
[Bridge]
Beneath the steel, beneath the stone
I veil myself forever alone
A shadow beneath the pouring rain
Longing for peace that will never remain
In alleys drowned in silent cries
I search in vain with hollow eyes
For fragments of joy, for meaning, for grace
But the city's light reveals no face
[Chorus]
Light of big cities frozen and bright
Offers no solace, no end to the night
Their glow is a cage, their warmth a lie
A mirror of pain beneath the sky
Light of big cities, beacons of pain
Leading me nowhere again and again
From town to town I carry the flame
Of my own sorrow always the same