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The 20th Floor (Is A Long Way Down)

from The City Loves You by Ryan Wayland

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Take off your shoes
Open the gin
Too late to sleep
Too early to sin
The 20th floor makes the curtains grin
And the city folk revere us as kings

The shimmering lights
Have been humbled below
Tangled in steel
With an ethereal glow
The merchants downstairs don't seem to know
Of the fortunes that their suffering brings

And We'll lie, and we'll cheat
And we'll steal, and we'll love it
And in time, you'll learn
That there's no one to trust
There's no heroes, no angels,
No saints, no justice
The universe is ours
God don't have a thing on us

Look at your face
There's blood in your eye
Go rest your head
And all your worries will die
Give me the keys to the castle and I
Will surely hold your legend in place

The dawn is so close
It's creeping within
And all of the lights
Have been dimmed by the gin
Your flame has gone out at the drop of a pin
The cause of which will never be traced

And we'll lie, and we'll cheat
And we'll steal, and we'll love it
And in time, you'll learn
That there's no one to trust
There's no heroes, no angels,
No saints, no justice
The universe is ours
God don't have a thing on us

It's a beautiful and untouchable
Kind of world we live
We're capable of the unthinkable
And the power that it gives
We're that indelible force
That nature resists
And it's just a matter of time
Before another one enlists

And we'll lie, and we'll cheat
And we'll steal, and we'll love it
And in time, you'll learn
That there's no one to trust
There's no heroes, no angels,
No saints, no justice
The universe is ours
God don't have a thing on us

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from The City Loves You, released November 20, 2013

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Ryan is originally from Los Angeles, California, a graduate of Hollywood’s Musicians Institute in the field of music production, recording and songwriting. His lyrical style has been influenced by many of the urban street poets and iconoclasts of the early beatnik generation and on up to the 60's and 70's. ... more

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