Freeze

The city crouches, steaming
In the early morning half light
The sun is still a rumor
And the night is still a threatSlipping through the dark streets
And the echoes and the shadows
Something stirs behind me
And my palms begin to sweatSometimes I freeze, until the light comes
Sometimes I fly, into the night
Sometimes I fight, against the darkness
Sometimes I'm wrong, sometimes I'm rightCoiled for the spring
Caught like a creature in the headlights
Into a desperate panic
Or a tempest of blind fury
Like a cornered beast
Or a conquering heroThe menace threatens, closing
And I'm frozen in the shadows
I'm not prepared to run away
And I'm not prepared to fightI can't stand to reason
Or surrender to a reflex
I will trust my instincts
Or surrender to my frightSometimes we freeze, until the light comes
Sometimes we're wrong, and sometimes we're right
Sometimes we fight, against the darkness
Sometimes we fly, into the nightBlood running cold
Mind going down into a dark night
Of a desperate panic
Or a tempest of blind fury
Like a cornered beast
Or a conquering heroSometimes I freeze
Sometimes I fightSometimes I freeze, until the light comes
Sometimes I fly, into the night
Into the night
Into the night