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Broken City Lyrics
My city sleeps by the side of a freeway, the city scraps
And winter time she wore a yellow coat
Now there's nothin' on her back
If a building falls you wouldn't care to notice unless you were in it
Then no one cares about climbin' stairs, nothin' at the top no more
Outside trippin' in the broken city
Outside trippin' in the broken city, I watch a millionaire crack
Outside trippin' in the broken city
Outside kickin' in the broken city, there's nothin' wrong with that
Doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo
Now the snow falls down like it's fallin' on an ocean
Dead and empty by the railroad tracks where they used to go and come
Now they don't come back
You can heal the rust, goin' up the throughways
Down the alleys where they stole this town from the frontier
I can see 'em tryin' to steal it back
Outside trippin' in the broken city (Outside trippin' in the broken city)
Outside trippin' in the broken city, I watch a millionaire crack
Outside kickin' in the broken city (Outside trippin' in the broken city)
Outside trippin' in the broken city, there's nothin' wrong with that
Doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo
Now the sun won't shine on this part of the map
Anymore
When it's cold outside I see it hide behind the smokestacks
No thin roses, no goldrush, no miner, no revolution they'd hire
And the shipyard is a graveyard, no one will be trying to find him
Outside trippin' in the broken city (Outside trippin' in the broken city)
Outside kickin' in the broken city, I watch a millionaire crack
Outside trippin' in the broken city (Outside trippin' in the broken city)
Outside kickin' in the broken city, there's nothin' wrong with that
Doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo (There's nothin' wrong with that)
Doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo do (Outside trippin' in the broken city)
Doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo
And winter time she wore a yellow coat
Now there's nothin' on her back
If a building falls you wouldn't care to notice unless you were in it
Then no one cares about climbin' stairs, nothin' at the top no more
Outside trippin' in the broken city, I watch a millionaire crack
Outside trippin' in the broken city
Outside kickin' in the broken city, there's nothin' wrong with that
Doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo
Dead and empty by the railroad tracks where they used to go and come
Now they don't come back
You can heal the rust, goin' up the throughways
Down the alleys where they stole this town from the frontier
I can see 'em tryin' to steal it back
Outside trippin' in the broken city, I watch a millionaire crack
Outside kickin' in the broken city (Outside trippin' in the broken city)
Outside trippin' in the broken city, there's nothin' wrong with that
Doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo
Anymore
When it's cold outside I see it hide behind the smokestacks
No thin roses, no goldrush, no miner, no revolution they'd hire
And the shipyard is a graveyard, no one will be trying to find him
Outside kickin' in the broken city, I watch a millionaire crack
Outside trippin' in the broken city (Outside trippin' in the broken city)
Outside kickin' in the broken city, there's nothin' wrong with that
Doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo (There's nothin' wrong with that)
Doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo do (Outside trippin' in the broken city)
Doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo
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one of the coolest song from the new cd... to me it sounds like hes tripping balls walking around the city desribing what he sees, but i dont know...
Does ne1 else think the 1 of the riffs sounds like the riff from "Show me how to live"???
Allwell awsome song!!! Cheers:D
Yeah, I definitely see the RATM influence on that funky bass beat (any thoughts of Commerford being a weak bassist were put to rest as I listened to this).
I suck at interpreting lyrics unless someone has sparked an idea for me...so I'll say it's about a city....that is broken. Genius, huh?
i think he's talking about how people only care about themselves, and everyone around them is "breaking", fallinf apart emotionally, but no one cares..
"If a building falls you wouldn't care to notice unless you were in it "
that's a great line
This entire album's more funky than the previous ones, just as Out Of Exile was funkier than the self-titled. Me likes.
And to me, Cornell just sounds like Cornell, always. I don't like Zack; certainly don't want RATM back. shudder
The inescapable bass and the title alone suggest an evocative landscape.
It's about New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, I believe. I remember reading some of the songs would be about that.
No, it's not about NO and Katrina, well it could be...but it's more about Detroit and generally about run down cities (so I guess you could include NO). According to CC.
Wide Awake is about hurricane
Minor correction:
"Outside trippin' in the broken city Outside trippin' in the broken city, I watch a millionaire crack"
Should read:
"Outside trippin' in the broken city Outside trippin' in the broken city, I watch here bleed and crack"
At least, that's what it says in the lyrics that came with the disc and I'm pretty sure that's what Cornell sings (he can be a bit hard to understand sometimes, sounds like he's been yelling for an hour before singing).