Metropolis Songtext
von Carnation

Oh, Metropolis, shine your light on me

Like a diamond pressured to perfection
Within your reach, all fall to your seduction
Magnificent
City of promise

Hidden beneath these concrete castles
Living below their spires of gold
A foundation made of iron and blood


In the deepest darkest trenches
You will find the secrets of this exalted kingdom
Labyrinth of machinery
Claiming countless victims, underneath the

Metropolis, the pinnacle of modern advancement
Metropolis, a lasting symbol of brutal enslavement

We are divided by prosperity
Within this structure of grandiosity
Never to receive equality
You will die in darkness, forfeit your life for progress

Metropolis, the pinnacle of modern advancement
Metropolis, a lasting symbol of brutal enslavement

Everlasting
All-consuming
Metropolis