Empress Bridge

(album: Here Goes Nothin' - 2010)

A concrete monstrosity to replace the place you loved
You told me all those stories now those photos that you took
Are all that's left besides the memories
They tore it down brought in machines
To lay the concrete paint the lines you didn't even get to

Say good bye to something beautiful
Goodbye to something pure
It seems that overnight those bastards changed the wood to stone
That bridge might just have been the final anchor
Holding this ship down at port
Now they'll set sail for something better
But find their compass doesn't work

A desolate wasteland a desert of pavement
Were spiraling deeper yet most are complacent
The green has vanished and the grey has taken over
(The world is becoming so monochromatic)
When the sun goes down the stars don't shine
The night sky is polluted with light
And at dawn the smog fades colors in the sunrise

Say good bye to something beautiful
Goodbye to something pure
It seems that overnight those bastards changed the wood to stone
That bridge might just have been the final anchor
Holding this ship down at port
Now they'll set sail for something better
But find their compass doesn't work

A field for a blacktop a tree for a pillar
Unchain mothernature with stripmalls you'll kill her
A blanket of concrete to cover the planet
They need it to live but they take it for granted
So tear down and clear out and build up some more
Replace all the forests with theme parks and stores
What the fuck are you waiting for go on drop the bombs

Say good bye to something beautiful
Goodbye to something pure
It seems that overnight those bastards changed the wood to stone
That bridge might just have been the final anchor
Holding this ship down at port
Now they'll set sail for something better
But find their compass doesn't work

Plant shovels in my chest
To dig out any hope that's left
Replace my skeleton with rebar
My blood with gasoline my heart
Is just a cold steel engine
Now my veins are copper wire
I feel nothing except gears
Turning to pave the green away