Bright Lights - After The Fire

Young boy comes searching for the bright lights

He’s looking for those «streets of gold»

He never finds them

Down an alley there’s a back street gang

They say «Kid you shouldn’t walk down here alone»

They really take him to the cleaners

They turn his pockets inside out

Then they cut him

Leave him lying in a pool of blood

In the city no one hears you when you shout

No friends, no home, no food, no money

He learns to scavenge to survive

He becomes an animal

See him running through the streets at night

You can almost see the jungle in his eyes

His mum and dad wait for a phone call

They’re never going to see their son again

Something’s changed him

Don’t go near him he’s a wild boy now -- This moth is dying in the flame

He’s an animal — see him running through the streets at night

He’s an animal — beneath the dirt his skin turns white

He’s a wild boy