This City

Ice is temporary
Like my imprint on the ground
The imprint on your back
Your lost dog never found

And I can leave this city
But I don't get very far
Lines and bricks and lights
Cement and molten tar
And I can disappear
Behind sand and pickup trucks
But pains a moved piece
Relentless in our luck

Seeing lightning from a distance
Getting cold out on the roof
How'd it get so twisted?
Another broken tooth

And I can turn around
And say it didn't hit
But here I am again
Reliving everything
Some things take a long time
To move to history
And I slept in that night
Help me forget, please

And if I cut my hair much shorter
Would you move with jealousy?
Dirt just doesn't matter
Lust is a chemistry
I wish I was at a party
And you would catch my eye
Having never seen each other
We'd start it all tonight