Metropolis lyrics - Ani Difranco

A city of a body

A metropolis of cells

If you listen to it closely

You can hear the ringing bells

You can hear the cry of seagulls

Always so much to say

Stumbling to the kitchen

Fog lifting off the bay

Just an innocent game

Of musical chairs

Easy as a ball

Rolling down stairs

Truth is, I just got lucky

Weren't really up to me

When the music stopped

And I was sittin' on your knee

I've been mapping your coastline

Now for a thousand years

My skin is made of leather

But not as tough as it appears

Always another inlet

How far do you dare to go?

Cuz there is this place called infinite

That your instruments don't show

A city of a body

A metropolis of cells

If you listen to it closely

You can hear the ringin' bells

You can hear the cry of seagulls

Always so much to say

Stumbling to the kitchen

Fog lifting off the bay