There's a breakdown on the runway 
And the timeless flights are gone 
I'm a year ahead of myself these days 
And I'm locomotive strong 
My city spread like cannon fire 
In a yellow nervous state 
I can't cut the ties that bind me 
To horoscopes and fate 
 
And I won't break and I won't bend 
But someday soon we'll sail away 
To innocence and the bitter end 
And I won't break and I won't bend 
And with the last breath we ever take 
We're gonna get back to the simple life again 
 
When we break out of this blindfold 
I'm gonna take you from this place 
Until we're free from this ball and chain 
I'm still hard behind the eight 
My city beats like hammered steel 
On a shallow cruel rock 
If we could walk proud after midnight 
We'd never have to stop