Big City
Operation Ivy Lyrics

Concrete and chaos rise up
The city is a place of chaos and construction, with new buildings going up everywhere.

Spiderweb across the land
The city has sprawled out like a spiderweb, covering the land with buildings and roads.

Like a giant rash
The city is like a rash on the earth, spreading and growing uncontrollably.

Forests lie down below
The city has destroyed the natural world, with forests and green spaces giving way to concrete and buildings.

Foundations of buildings in a bed of ash
The city is built on destruction and decay, with the ashes of what was there before serving as the foundation for new buildings and development.

Some people here got it real good
The city is a place of contrasts, with some people benefiting from the prosperity of the glass towers and other development.

'Cause the glass towers bring prosperity
The new buildings and development in the city have brought wealth and prosperity for some people.

And other people starve in the street
However, the development has also left other people behind, with poverty and homelessness a common problem on the streets.

Because concrete knows no sympathy
The city is a place of impersonal and uncaring forces, with concrete and development following their own logic and producing unequal outcomes.

This town it's fucking insane
The city is a place of madness and chaos, with rampant inequality and destruction.

How one will starve and another will gain
In the city, there are stark contrasts between the wealthy and the poor, with some people struggling to survive while others flourish.

It's like a giant mechanical brain
The city is like a machine, with people as cogs in the system and development as the driving force behind everything.

And the people are cells and the streets are veins
In the city, people are reduced to mere cells, with the streets serving as the veins that connect them to the larger system of development.

It thinks only of itself
The city is an entity that operates solely for its own benefit, with little concern for the people who live in it.

A thousand limbs crawling as it expands and grows
The city is constantly expanding and growing, with new developments sprouting up like limbs of a giant creature.

And still the concrete sits there
Despite the constant growth and expansion, the concrete and development that define the city remain cold, unfeeling, and unchanging.

Sits there stark grey and cold
The city is a place of lifelessness and emptiness, with concrete and development dominating over any natural or human element.

And I think I wanna be a brick layer
Despite the madness and chaos of the city, the singer sees value in building and contributing to the construction of new things.

So I can put another brick in the wall
In a city that is defined by concrete and development, building and adding to the wall of buildings and constructions is seen as important and valuable.

It's sanitary rational and happy and sane
The act of building and working on construction projects in the city is seen as fulfilling and driven by logic and reason, providing a sense of sanity and happiness.

Growing like a flower to surround us all
Despite the chaos and destruction of the city, there is a sense of beauty and growth in the constant development and construction projects that are taking place.

Big city, it's a wishing well
The city is a place of dreams and hopes, where people come to pursue their ambitions and achieve their goals.

Big city, it's a living hell
However, for many people, the reality of the city is far from their dreams, with poverty, inequality, and desperation consuming their day-to-day lives.