I used to be a fisherman
Until they took away my sea
I used to be a lover once
Until she went away from me

Now I only sail my sea in dreams
I'm kissing ghosts, it seems
 [bad word] of oblivion
Is where you'll find me most

 [bad word] fields, [bad word] waves
The simply joy of touch
Now hoping for another one
reason to exist

fleeting glance, a skyward slide
In unison we dance
Towards all the dreams of breathless joy
That leave you in a trance

In a city of ten million
I can't find a single soul
No one to numb the loneliness
That tears a mortal hole

If I can make it through tonight
I know I'll be okay
And so I hang on through the hours
Till the breaking of the day

I used to see in colour
Now I only see in grey
I used to have a purpose once
Until she went away

Maybe there's another touch
Another smile that saves
Maybe I'll find a sea
Maybe I'll sail again

I used to believe in everything
Till they burned away the sky
I believed in all the golden dreams they sold 
Until they bled me dry

I loved the taste of innocence
Till they salted all the earth
The sweetness of a simple [bad word] 
Is now a saccharin joke

And I used to be the happy one
I used to feed on hope
Now I sit alone at night
And argue with these ghosts

In a city of ten million
I can't find a single soul
No one to numb the loneliness
That tears a mortal hole

If I can make it through tonight
I know I'll be okay
And so I hang on through the deadly hours
Till the breaking of the day

And a million pretty buildings
Can't cure a lonely soul
And a million drinks and photographs
Can't fill this empty hole

So I'm walking by the riverbank
And I'm counting every bridge
Trying to figure out what went wrong
How did I reach this place

Strangers through the restaurant windows
Holding each others hands
And I'm watching now as they speak a life
With a single loving glance

Spitting epithets at a wounded pride
I swallow hard
I turn the key to a silent room
Where all has died inside

I'm sitting naked in the darkness
Questioning my own skin
As I shake and fight the urge to collapse
And let the darkness win

In a city of ten million
I can't find a single soul