Coming through a portal, looking at me from above Another revelation spreading out before your eyes And you find me beautiful and irresistible A giant creature that forever seems to grow in size And you feel a strange attraction The air is vibrant and electrifying Welcome to me, here I am, I'm sort of a wife Somewhere in the middle of the never-ending noise There is a pulse of steady rhythm of a heart that beats And a million voices blend into a single voice And you can hear it in the clamour of the crowding streets People come and take their chances Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose But can't make your own contribution to this melting pot I'm the string you hold, the language you talk I am the city The skyline is me and the energy I am the city The famous hotels and the cocktail bars And the funniest smells and the tartar wine of course And the people, the air that you're breathing is sweet Yes, I am the city, you let me be People feed me with their lives, I am their hungry soul And they all worship me and pay their homage day and night Every day I hear a lot of tired shocking people But come the night they will be dancing in the neon light There's a bunch of crazy mad youth They're grabbing pieces of the fatted cat And in the wind if you listen hard you'll hear me laugh I'm the string you hold, the language you talk I am the city The skyline is me and the energy I am the city The famous hotels and the cocktail bars And the funniest smells and the tartar wine of course And the people, the parks and the squares that you see All the sounds that you hear and the air that you're breathing is sweet Yes, I am the city, you let me be I am the city I am the city You let me be I am the city The famous hotels and the cocktail bars And the funniest smells and the tartar wine of course And the people, the air that you're breathing is sweet Nothing but the banana revelations spreading out before your eyes I'm the string you hold, the language you talk I am the city, you let me be And if I'm a beautiful and irresistible A giant creature that forever seems to grow in size The skyline is me and the energy I am the city Somewhere in the middle of the never-ending noise There is a fun, suspending rhythm of the heart I'm the string you hold, the language you talk I am the city, you let me be And a million voices blending through a single voice And you can hear it in the clamor of the crowd The skyline is me and the energy I am the city