Streetlight orange on a Tuesday night
Bodies passing, no one looks right
Through me, past me, I'm a window pane
Tasting nothing but the city's rain
Subway breath in the rush hour ride
Strangers shoulder, no one inside
A million faces, a million names
Every single one of 'em playing the games
And the buildings keep on breathing
And the buildings keep on breathing
In, out, in, out
Like they know what I'm not knowing 'bout
Concrete heartbeat under my feet
Lonely tempo on a crowded street
Everyone's running, no one's home
Even in a crowd, I walk alone
Concrete heartbeat, concrete heart
Falling together, falling apart
Beat by beat by beat by beat
This city's lonely, but the lonely is sweet
Coffee cup cold, conversation thin
Smile for the barista, tuck the rest in
I'm a ghost in a sweater, scarf, and shoes
Reading the same line on the same loose news
And the headline says the world is on fire
And my latte's lukewarm and my soul is tired
But the city keeps moving like it always do
And I'm one of a million moving with it too
And the buildings keep on breathing
And the buildings keep on breathing
In, out, in, out
Like they know what I'm not knowing 'bout
Concrete heartbeat under my feet
Lonely tempo on a crowded street
Everyone's running, no one's home
Even in a crowd, I walk alone
Concrete heartbeat, concrete heart
Falling together, falling apart
Beat by beat by beat by beat
This city's lonely, but the lonely is sweet
Last train rattles through the underground
Stranger nodding off to the rocking sound
And I look at her and she looks like me
Tired, soft, and finally free
Maybe lonely ain't a thing to fix
Maybe lonely's just the city's tricks
Of teaching every one of us alone
That alone together is still a home
Concrete heartbeat under my feet
Lonely tempo on a crowded street
Everyone's running, no one's home
Even in a crowd, I walk alone
(walk alone, walk alone)
(beat by beat by beat by beat)
(beat by beat by beat by beat)