Vacation scars

I ran down the stairs to the streets
hour away from me
screaming good night to the full moon
our smiles are not signs of happiness

"It's so cold here" she said to me
through the fence
"Everyone keeps dreaming here
but we can never escape"

They had scars for all the smiles they had
Now just a number, not a name
They had dreams behind the metal fence
Now just utopia far away

Another body lying on the sidewalk
behind a divider
another one dead for a cause
but it helps even less

How could she expect me
to be able to touch her
through a mesh fence
I felt her black hair

They had scars for all the smiles they had
Now just a number, not a name
They had dreams behind the metal fence
Now just utopia far away

How could she expect me
to be able to save her
through a mesh fence
I said goodbye