Radiation and the dread of night
Indeed the death of night
A blood red aura hidden in plain sight
Radiant City
El Dorado Banal
A jaded bacchanal
The shades of Baudelaire et al.
The odourless flowers of the mall
Here your senses ain’t your pal
Radiant City
Wide open boulevards
Splendid belle époque facades
All decadence is on the cards
Radiant City
Radiating a reckless charm
From radiators and car alarms
With open wide indifferent arms
A long way from the nearest farm
Radiant City
The film star with the fatal flaw
The debt collector with the scarlet claw
Feral nature in the raw
John Law stuck in his craw
Radiant City
Streets shoot out from a central hub
They shut down the gentlemen’s club
Yeah – that ain’t happening bub
Radiant City
Loud cruel a bit too fat
One man’s angel is another man’s brat
A CSI in every other flat
You could die of the wrong hat
Where’s that
Radiant City