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Dismemberment Plan The City Lyrics
Total views: 1 time this week / Rating: 7.45/10 [22 votes]Album: Emergency & I / Original Release Date: 1999-10-26Genre: AlternativeSong Duration: 4 min 26 sec
DISMEMBERMENT PLAN
- The City Lyrics / with translationsNow I notice the streetlamp's hum
The ghosts of graffiti they couldn't quite erase
The blank-faced stares on the subway
As the people go home
The parks lay empty like my unmade bed
The streets are silent like my lifeless telephone
And this is where I live, but
I've never felt less at home
So I'm not unsympathetic
I see why you left
There's no one to know
There's nothing to do
The city's been dead
Since you've been gone…
Sometimes I stand on my roof at night
And watch, as something seems to happen somewhere else
I feel like the breeze will pick me up and carry me away
Out and over this iridescent grid
Up and away from the bar fights and neon lights
Out and away from everything that makes me what I am
So I'm not unsympathetic
I see why you left
There's no one to know
There's nothing to do
The city's been dead
Since you've been gone…
Oh I never had just whatever it is you want, baby
And I really tried, I tried with all my might—it made me crazy
To try to figure out what it is I've done wrong every time
When everything I love, everything I hold dear
Heads out sometime
And all I ever say now is good-bye.
The ghosts of graffiti they couldn't quite erase
The blank-faced stares on the subway
As the people go home
The parks lay empty like my unmade bed
The streets are silent like my lifeless telephone
And this is where I live, but
I've never felt less at home
So I'm not unsympathetic
I see why you left
There's no one to know
There's nothing to do
The city's been dead
Since you've been gone…
Sometimes I stand on my roof at night
And watch, as something seems to happen somewhere else
I feel like the breeze will pick me up and carry me away
Up and away from the bar fights and neon lights
Out and away from everything that makes me what I am
So I'm not unsympathetic
I see why you left
There's no one to know
There's nothing to do
The city's been dead
Since you've been gone…
Oh I never had just whatever it is you want, baby
And I really tried, I tried with all my might—it made me crazy
To try to figure out what it is I've done wrong every time
When everything I love, everything I hold dear
Heads out sometime
And all I ever say now is good-bye.
Facts about The City
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The City is written by Stevan Dinet.
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It is first released on October 26, 1999 as part of Dismemberment Plan's album "Emergency & I" which includes 12 tracks in total. This song is the 8th track on this album.
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When we dive into the story the lyrics are telling, The City by Dismemberment Plan depicts a person's emotional state through the lifeless atmosphere of the city, reflecting the emptiness and isolation that one can experience in an urban area when a close person departs. The city lyrics mainly bring forward the emotional states of heartbreak, solitude, angst, reflection, and despair. In parallel, the song also depicts the importance of isolation, loss, escape wish, and self-doubt. The lyrics carry the motifs of loneliness and death that might be very powerful emotionally even for the youngest listeners. The language used is soft with no strong words, depictions of violence, nudity, or drug use. The mature themes and emotional content indicate the necessity of a PG rating for parental guidance.
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The City falls under the genre Alternative.
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The City song length is 4 minutes and 26 seconds.
Who wrote The City lyrics?
The City is written by Stevan Dinet.
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When was The City released?
It is first released on October 26, 1999 as part of Dismemberment Plan's album "Emergency & I" which includes 12 tracks in total. This song is the 8th track on this album.
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What is the meaning behind The City lyrics?
When we dive into the story the lyrics are telling, The City by Dismemberment Plan depicts a person's emotional state through the lifeless atmosphere of the city, reflecting the emptiness and isolation that one can experience in an urban area when a close person departs. The city lyrics mainly bring forward the emotional states of heartbreak, solitude, angst, reflection, and despair. In parallel, the song also depicts the importance of isolation, loss, escape wish, and self-doubt. The lyrics carry the motifs of loneliness and death that might be very powerful emotionally even for the youngest listeners. The language used is soft with no strong words, depictions of violence, nudity, or drug use. The mature themes and emotional content indicate the necessity of a PG rating for parental guidance.
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Which genre is The City?
The City falls under the genre Alternative.
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How long is the song The City?
The City song length is 4 minutes and 26 seconds.
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Songwriter(s): Stevan DinetRecord Label(s): 1999 DeSoto Records
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