From the recording Age of Blame
Lyrics
Out there on the cobblestones
I decided to leave it alone
As the skaters tore through Kerouac Park
Among his words etched in stone
These kids just played poker on their phones
And I just sat there until it was dark
I love this old city, but it knows to much
Its comfortable ruin with a soft touch
I've looked in all the blind spots through the camouflage
And over and over found sanctuary in sabotage
So I'm leaving as I've left before
Through the roof this time instead of out the door
This river's seen enough of my inner war
I have its watermark
I love this old city, but it knows too much
Its comfortable ruin with a soft touch
I've looked in all the blind spots through the camouflage
And over and over found sanctuary in sabotage
Last week they paved the cobblestones
Smoothed over the bumpy times we've known
Feels like my past meets my present in a palindrome
It ends where it start