Polar Bear Club - Light Of Local Eyes lyrics

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The glow of gray, it lights the rain on borough streets<br />

And the kids who stayed, they aren't holding out for their apology<br />

Days like today make reconcile seem far away<br />

But I hold old memories like a kid who laughs hard and grabs his ribs<br />

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There was a time when this city shined<br />

The lights in the parking lots would lead us<br />

Through the night and to sunrise<br />

There was no place that we didn't own or deface<br />

The grooves in the road would spark for us<br />

But that book is covered in dust<br />

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The local kid I was to all my older friends<br />

I held convictions like a stubborn door with a rusted hinge<br />

I sat down and thought, what of here makes me proud?<br />

Proud to not dismiss this place and hold it all from gold to gray<br />

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There was a time when this city shined<br />

The lights in the parking lots would lead us<br />

Through the night and to sunrise<br />

There was no place that we didn't own or deface<br />

The grooves in the road would spark for us<br />

But that memory will rust<br />

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It'll rust and fade away, it'll sour these days<br />

The rainy streets, they shine to me<br />

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We lived life out of this place<br />

We wore its map on our faces<br />

(When this city shined)<br />

To say the least we left our trace<br />

Burned off the tips of our laces<br />

When this city shined<br />

From the light of local eyes

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