Tonight I need the bright lights, 
Still got her face on my mind. 
Heading where the talk is cheap 
and I'm dressed to a "t" so they won't notice me. 

It's warm for October 
and I've got the windows down.
The skyline whispers her promises, 
the same lie each night. 

But I force myself to believe...

And I swore it'd be different but how could it be?
What I came to escape is right here inside of me. 

The city's a desert 
with photographic stars.
Each pretty face is just a mirage, 
and my mouth's full of sand again. 

But I force myself to believe, 
across the river's the cure for what's sick inside of me.

And I swore it'd be different but how could it be?
What I came to escape is right here inside of me.
And I swore it'd be different but how could it be?
What I came to escape is right here inside of me.

I look in the mirror past the buildings,the sky's getting light. 
Another piece of my innocence is the admission I paid there tonight.
Slow down past her exit though it makes me sick, and I imagine her saying,
"You're better than this... you're better than this." 

And I swore it'd be different but how could it be?
What I came here to escape is right here inside of me.
And I swore it'd be different but how could it be?
What I came to escape is right here inside of me.
Woah-woah
And I swore it’d be different