Empty Skyline

I can see the city skyline from here
But it looks more like a cardboard silhouette
Painted on a gray background of sky
Like a low-rent movie set

Everything's falling flat
From the 2D buildings to the vacant streets
The spotlight's out, the film fades black
The city's empty or so it seems

When you're gone
This whole damn world's asleep
I'm hanging on
What you sow is what you reap
Hoping I see you in that empty skyline
So I can find you again someday

I see you in my dreams
But you're creeping in my nightmares, too
And I see you when I'm awake
I just can't get rid of you

When you're gone
This whole damn world's asleep
I'm hanging on
Yeah, I'm always playing for keeps
Hoping I see you in that empty skyline
So I can find you again someday

I can't predict the future
Without you, I don't think there is one
But I could never do anything right
When you're gone
This whole damn world's asleep
The journey's long
And the slope is always steep
Hoping I see you in that empty skyline
So I can find you again someday

I'm bathing in the artificial streetlight
My mind is miles away with you
Nothing on my end ever has the nerve to change
All the city does is sleep; I wish I could, too

When you're gone
This whole damn world's asleep
I'm hanging on
I hate the way these feelings creep
Hoping I see you in that empty skyline
So I can find you again someday
Don't you fade away