The City Ebbs Away Lyrics

[Artimus] The next day a detective called Roegner was out on the street looking for someone. I’d seen him around plenty of times before. He knew a few too many things about my pa...Read Full Lyrics

[Artimus] That night I found the Synthetic standing in the shadows at the back of the line for the shuttle. She was wearing a hood pulled down over her face, making her more diffic...Read Full Lyrics

[Artimus] Inside the car, she pulled her hood back and sat stiffly, staring out through the Plexiglas windshield as the light from the heads-up display flickered across her face. I...Read Full Lyrics

[Artimus] Sabel disappeared into a group of people making their way from the shuttle, but I couldn’t just leave. I had to find out what was going on. I got out of the car and fel...Read Full Lyrics

[Artimus] Sabel scooped the last of the can’s contents into her mouth and placed it on the table.[Sabel] “Congratulations. You figured it out.”[Artimus] “Why the charade?�...Read Full Lyrics

[Artimus] (sighs) "Hello?"[Sabel] “Artimus?”[Artimus] “Sabel. What time is it?”[Sabel] “Roegner’s prowling around the district. I’ve seen him. He's in one of the apar...Read Full Lyrics

[Artimus] Sabel and I stood on either side of the car. Roegner glared at me, but kept his gun on her.[Roegner] “You have no idea what you’re stumbling into, Artimus! I bet you ...Read Full Lyrics

[Artimus] Sabel and I got the hell out of there. There were sirens in the distance, but I took the backstreets and we reached our destination without running into the cops. Sabel g...Read Full Lyrics

[Artimus] In the weeks that followed, I was under constant scrutiny by the cops. I was held for interrogation more than once. There was surveillance footage of my car in the area, ...Read Full Lyrics

[Sabel] Have you ever given something up, only to spend the rest of your life trying to get it back?[Clerk] “It looks as though payment has gone through. Congratulations, Mr. Art...Read Full Lyrics