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