Crayon Ruins - Jean Grae

We flew into the rainbow of the city’s crayon ruins

The colours splashed below us, glowing in the dark

And losing meaning by the day

I’m losing my head, but still giving my heart to you

And oh, how beautiful it seemed from a distance

With the moonlight glistening in awe

Of the silence, and the stillness

And the grace of it all

He said, «The sky’s falling»

Took my hand in his, started running for the hills

Well not the literal hills

In little heels I was taking little spills along the sidewalk

People stumbling out of dive bars

I said, «What are you running for, I was having a good time

Weren’t you having a good time baby?

Won’t you slow down and talk to me?»

But he said, «We can’t slow down now, we just gotta go, babe»

We ran like we were floating on the waves of the concrete

Up East Houston, past the Bureau and the Mercury

I remember thinking, I’m glad I ordered no dessert for me

Passed the gas station, reached the steps of the F Train

Met change at the top of the stairs, I’m definitely

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Then sighted a motorcade

We weren’t even focused on, slow fade into the sirens

Climbing, creeping down Broadway

Firemen lying on the corner of LaFayette

Fire hazard signs, we were peeping all the doorways

The environment of violence that appeared on the set

Like we were touring at the Paramount lot

Situation paramount, we turned and ran down the block

And the air raids rang out

People started running, and people started screaming

And the guns started banging from the rooftops

Bleeding civilians started to fall

The millions in New York didn’t stop to help at all

And we ran, and we ducked, and weaved behind trucks

As the storefronts in SoHo started to blow their windows

Rejected impulses, we failed to save anyone

And a stray car just missed us on the way to hit a building

We were running past some neighbors passing them their children

And oh, the city’s getting gassed from below

It’s pouring down manholes, blowing, and

Wrapping shirts around my face and screaming

I said at sunrise, meet me back in Dumbo

Looked in his eyes, kissed his lips with our guns low

Tightened my sleeves around my neck and started bookin'

Towards the bridge, headed to the planet of Brooklyn

We flew into the rainbow of the city’s crayon ruins

The colours splashed below us, glowing in the dark

And losing meaning by the day

I’m losing my head, but still giving my heart to you

And oh, how beautiful it seemed from a distance

With the moonlight glistening in awe

Of the silence, and the stillness

And the grace of it all