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      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      (Repeat)