Jackals

You forgot the headlights babe I say no difference in LA No one gets out, no one gets home They told me that I don't belong I spent five years trying to prove them wrong Now I'm not sure who's in control Send a flare up for your little soul Exit stage left before it takes hold Then you'll wish you hadn't left You'll learn to call the abyss home They tried to killed the king inside me All because I told them no Send a flare up for your little soul Exit stage left before it takes hold Then you'll wish you hadn't left You'll learn to call the abyss home They tried to killed the king inside you All because you told them no Apartments at La Brea I was counting up the dark Sleepwalking the surface streets I got to Griffith Park Yeah, the grid was overloaded Lucky that I lost my sparks 'Cause I would have fired up if I had listened to my heart When I got back to the lobby I was greeted by shotguns LAPD officers, wrong end of a manhunt I guess someone on Chris Dorner's list was living in my building So now the county's finest had to protect privileged children Elevate up to my place Grabbed a slice of Caesar's Tried to shower off the day And through the open window heard the Stones at the El Rey And I pray that Jagger's echo shake the menace out my brain Big shots they did me bad A-list abuse a blast I got an ArcLight past She still owe me for gas When I was stuck out on Olympic running late for class 'Cause out here baby all your big dreams they will never last Big shots they did me bad A-list abuse a blast Limbo won't kill you fast I was breathing up the tar pits all just for a laugh 'Cause out here baby all your big dreams they will never last They'll try to kill the king in you And deep down I think you want them to