[Verse]
Neon splinters through the smog-stained skies
Brick and mortar crumble like a tired old lie
Forgotten alleys scream stories in the dark
Rust-eaten fire escapes chirp like broken larks
[Verse 2]
Once kings and queens walked these gritty streets
Now ghosts shuffle past with burdened feet
Echoes of laughter buried deep in the husk
A city’s heart dragged into the dust
[Chorus]
Old city fading and frayed at the seams
Where the glory turned to shadows and dreams
The steel whispers while the concrete sighs
Old city’s soul won’t say its goodbyes
[Bridge]
Shattered glass beneath the pale streetlight
Paper wings tumbling through the night
Memories burn like a flickering flame
But no one left to remember the game
[Verse 3]
They built shining towers high over the drab
Cast the old bones into a sickly slab
Time's heavy chains drag the past away
Yet the scars of the past still scream and stay
[Chorus]
Old city fading and frayed at the seams
Where the glory turned to shadows and dreams
The steel whispers while the concrete sighs
Old city’s soul won’t say its goodbyes