City of Blinding Lights

The more you see the less you know

The less you find out as you go

I knew much more then than I do now

Neon heart, day-glo eyes

The city lit by fireflies

They're advertising in the skies

For people like us

And I miss you when you're not around

I'm getting ready to leave the ground

Oh, you look so beautiful tonight

In the city of blinding lights

Don't look before you laugh

Look ugly in a photograph

Flash bulbs, purple irises the camera can't see

I've seen you walk unafraid

I've seen you in the clothes you've made

Can you see the beauty inside of me?

What happened to the beauty I had inside of me?

And I miss you when you're not around

I'm getting ready to leave the ground

Oh, you look so beautiful tonight

In the city of blinding lights

Time, time, time

Time won't leave me as I am

But time won't take the boy out of this man

Oh, you look so beautiful tonight

Oh, you look so beautiful tonight

Oh, you look so beautiful tonight

Yeah, the city of blinding lights

The more you know, the less you feel

Some pray for what others steal

Blessing's not just for the ones who kneel, luckily