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 [bad word] through miles of clouded [bad word]  Right to the top
 Don't look back
 Turning to rags and giving [bad word] 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