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