| So this is what you meant | 
| When you said that you were spent | 
| And now it's time to build from the bottom of the pit | 
| Right to the top | 
| Don't hold back | 
| Packing my bags and giving the academy a rain check | 
| I don't ever want to let you down | 
| I don't ever want to leave this town | 
| 'Cause after all | 
| This city never sleeps at night | 
| It's time to begin, isn't it? | 
| I get a little bit bigger, but then I'll admit | 
| I'm just the same as I was | 
| Now don't you understand | 
| That I'm never changing who I am | 
| So this is where you fell | 
| And I am left to sell | 
| The path to heaven runs through miles of clouded hell | 
| Right to the top | 
| Don't look back | 
| Turning to rags and giving the commodities a rain check | 
| I don't ever want to let you down | 
| I don't ever want to leave this town | 
| 'Cause after all | 
| This city never sleeps at night | 
| It's time to begin, isn't it? | 
| I get a little bit bigger, but then I'll admit | 
| I'm just the same as I was | 
| Now don't you understand | 
| That I'm never changing who I am | 
| It's time to begin, isn't it? | 
| I get a little bit bigger, but then I'll admit | 
| I'm just the same as I was | 
| Now don't you understand | 
| That I'm never changing who I am | 
| This road never looked so lonely | 
| This house doesn't burn down slowly | 
| To ashes, to ashes | 
| It's time to begin, isn't it? | 
| I get a little bit bigger, but then I'll admit | 
| I'm just the same as I was | 
| Now don't you understand | 
| That I'm never changing who I am | 
| It's time to begin, isn't it? | 
| I get a little bit bigger, but then I'll admit | 
| I'm just the same as I was | 
| Now don't you understand | 
| That I'm never changing who I am |