Strange Her - Matriarch of Manhattan Lyrics

You swore that you'd leave, and the world would lay at your feet
Like it was hanging in your reach
The books that you read, and the movies you watched in bed
Convinced you there was nowhere else
And the city was the perfect fit, as if God himself had always had it planned
Waited for years to get you in

There was never a crown to claim
And the people never mentioned your name when they spoke
No one replaced any monuments
And in your silence was the instant regret
Of leaving the ones that you love
And trading them in for a life that wasn't ever enough

There's no love outside your window in the street
Just an empire moving with time and machines in the dust
And Everyone is on display, day and night are all the same
But it's not the traffic or the lights that keeping you awake

You feel like the restless ghost
Of the North Atlantic coast, out on your own
Even though you still exist
It's not the same way that you did, when you had a home

There was never a crown to claim
Now your family only mentions your name as a joke
It's a matter of consequence
That's what you get when you walk out on your friends
For the sake of being someone your not
You killed for the cause but no one even cares that you're gone