The Center Paradox

Verse 1

Left

Right

Then I hit a dead end wall

Turned around near the cinema hall

Level minus two

Where the hell are you

Stairs shifting like a castle in a book

I don't like how these plastic pillars look

Thirty years

Still stuck in the gears

Of a concrete trap

Folded up the map

Useless paper scraps

Walking through a maze built of glass and lies

Checking every face for a disguise

I recognize that shoe store from an hour ago

Maybe two hours

Maybe a lifetime

Who can say for sure

Locked behind a revolving door

Chorus

Dizengof Center

Dizengof Center

Where the compass spins and the signal dies

Dizengof Center

Dizengof Center

Concrete clouds and fluorescent skies

Lost in the gray

Lost in the gray

Lost in the gray

Verse 2

Stumble

Trip

Falling down the parking ramp

Air is getting cold and damp

WiFi bars are down to zero

Nobody here is a hero

Same gold jewelry

Same fake scenery

They designed this hole to keep us inside

Nowhere left to hide

Hungry for my wallet

Corporate maze they call it

Did they want us to buy more clothes

Or make sure nobody ever goes

Back to the street

Back to the heat

One way glass

Watching us pass

Circular paths that never ever end

Tell my family I was a good friend

Chorus

Dizengof Center

Dizengof Center

Where the compass spins and the signal dies

Dizengof Center

Dizengof Center

Concrete clouds and fluorescent skies

Lost in the gray

Lost in the gray

Lost in the gray

Bridge

Up the stairs

Down the stairs

Through the bridge

By the ledge

I see the sky but I can't reach the door

I see the sky but I can't reach the floor

I see the sky but I'm trapped in the core

Verse 3

Wait

Look

Is that the fountain near the gate

I think it's way too late

Found a map but the red dot is gone

I've been wandering since the dawn

Check the sign

Check the line

Check the time

Nothing makes sense in the spiral

My panic is going viral

Am I on the roof or the basement

Looking for a permanent replacement

For the exit sign

The crooked line

The broken design

Maybe they built it so we'd never leave

Tricks up a concrete sleeve

Chorus

Dizengof Center

Dizengof Center

Where the compass spins and the signal dies

Dizengof Center

Dizengof Center

Concrete clouds and fluorescent skies

Lost in the gray

Lost in the gray

Lost in the gray

Outro

I'm still here

Thirty years

Dizengof

Dizengof

Can't find the way out

Can't find the way

Lost

Lost

Lost