The City [Firecracker]

I walked all around the city 
All the places you and I went 
This is not bittersweet 
It is thoroughly tainted 

I could try to reclaim it 
For me and future loves 
But my mechanism's broken 
I'll never clean enough 

I am a firecracker disguised as a girl 
I am self-hating predator 
Yet for every song of Trouble that I sing 
There are more prey waiting in the wings 

You know I'd choose death if it weren't so permanent 
I've never been good at commitment 
I could run away but I'd never escape 
My id, my need, this waste 

I walk all around the city 
To survey the damage I have done 
Broken hearts on every street corner 
And yours is the loudest one 

Still I'll stay here in the city 
If just to assert my right 
I won't give up these willing victims 
Not without a fight