blood on the pavement

Watch the world turn white
 As You open your eyes
 Flashes fade to squares of light
 Projected on scraper sides
 This isn't a figment
 This is your life
 Watching the river
 Blood on the pavement
 The city might be bigger
 But your smaller in it
 You see a city as a phase
 New York at night
 LA by day
 Explosion of sparks on the street
 As cigarette leaves teeth
 And meets the concrete
 Performed disinterest
 In everyone you meet
 You must be asleep
 Just a bad dream
 Watching the river
 Blood on the pavement
 The city might be bigger
 But your smaller in it
 You see a city as a phase
 New York at night
 LA by day
 A summer lasts forever
 Depending on your age
 Is there one you still remember
 That you swear left you changed
 Perhaps tied to a person
 Or maybe a place