Saw us in the streets hailing our taxi cabsnSaw us fail and go on heaving our heavy loadnWe were heaving to heaven our heavy loadnHeaving to heaven our heavy loadnnand this city only exists in my headnThis city only exists in my headnin my headnnI saw the smok reach the walls and now each wall fallsnthe city lies in ruins, on the ruins another city growsnHaunted by currents and undertows it keeps on forgetting, keeps on forgettingnI'm haunted by currents and undertows, I keep forgettingnnBut when I wasn't looking, it came back to menWhen I wasn't looking, it came back to menwith its women, and its warm wounds, and full moonsnand the dogs howling noon-till-noon, so in tune with itsnbig, black, beautiful heartnnListen, ooh, the air is singingnListen, it's singing of our citynListen, oh, what a terrible soundnI feel it coming down on menI feel lit pressing me down to this holy groundnnSaw your face light up like a light on a life-vestnin a sea, a sea of people heading westnHaunted by currents and undertows you kept on forgetting to turn aroundnHaunted by currents and undertows you kept on forgetting, on forgettingnnthat this city only exists in our heads, nownThis city only exists in our headsnin our headsnnBut when I wasn't looking, it came back to menWhen I wasn't looking, it came back to menwith its women, and its warm wounds, and full moonsnand the dogs howling noon-till-noon, so in tune with itsnbig, black, beautiful heart of this citynnIt came back to menwith its women, and its warm wounds, and full moonsnand the dogs howling noon-till-noon, so in tune with itsnbig, black, beautiful heart