No Sidewalks Lyrics

When your phone's dead

And the busses aren't running

No way to call a cab

You're not in that part of town anyway

All you can do is walk

Walk in the middle of the street

But in this place

This palace

Gilded by gates

I realized

There were no sidewalks in Bel Air the night

I decided to fling my ashes into the sky

I walked down the center of the street

Balancing my childlike wishes

With the pessimism that was seeping in my bones

I closed my eyes

Jasmine wafting in the air

And I summoned a picture of you

"BOY!"

I cried

"How many wounds have you cauterized?"

Don't be mistaken

My words were no arrows of hate

You see, I'm watching you shrink

Starve yourself of a bond

"No, no let's not talk of love

No, no, or worse, romance, ugh

No, please, let's not"

I only feel pity now

Where my pulse used to be

A sprinkler dispels the illusion

And I keep walking

Watching your face

I'm watching your face

Watching your face

I'm watching your face

Evaporate

Evaporate

Into the night air

Crickets chimed in a symphony, passive

No, there were no sidewalks in Bel Air

That night, only glimpses, shards

Of your eyes

Puncturing the cerulean ether