it can't come quickly enough

[mattiris]

sailing through the tunnels
in the morning by yourself,
there's a very special feeling
true sensation all is well.
if you stand and reach your arms out wide,
close your eyes and try to fly.
it's an underground illusion,
tricking you from side to side

we knew all the answers
and we shouted them like anthems.
anxious and suspicious
that God knew how much we cheated.

it can't come quickly enough
and now you've spent your life
waiting for this moment.
and when you finally saw it come
it passed you by and
left you so defeated.

skyscrapers rise between us
keeping me from finding you.
if the concrete architecture
disappeared there'd be so few
of us left to navigate and
defend ourselves from the tide.
it's an underground illusion
tricking you from side to side.

there's no indication of
what we were meant to be,
sucking up to strangers
throwing wishes to the sea.

it can't come quickly enough
and now you've spent your life
waiting for this moment.
and when you finally saw it come
it passed you by and
left you so defeated.