[Verse 1]
   
So this is wha

t you meant wh

en you said th

at you were sp

ent?
             
  And now it's

              
 time to build

              
 from the bott

              
om of the pit 

             
right to the t


op

Don't hold back
             
  Packing my b

              
ags and giving

              
 the academy a

     
 rain check

[Pre-Chorus]
              
I don't ever w

              
ant to let you

       
 down
              
I don't ever w

              
ant to leave t

     
his town
             
'Cause after a

ll

This city never sleeps at night

[Chorus]
     
It's time to b

egin, isn't it

?
              
I get a little

     
 bit bigger, b

ut then
              
I'll admit, I'

              
m just the sam

       
e as I was
              
Now don't you 

     
understand

That I'm never changing who I am?

[Instrumental]
   

[Verse 2]
   
So this is whe

re you fell, a

nd I am left t

o sell

  The path to 

heaven runs th

rough miles of

 clouded hell
             
right to the t


op

Don't look back
             
  Turning to r

              
ags and giving

              
 the commoditi

         
es a rain chec

k

[Pre-Chorus]
              
I don't ever w

              
ant to let you

      
 down
              
I don't ever w

              
ant to leave t

     
his town
              
'Cause after a


ll

This city never sleeps at night...

[Chorus]
     
It's time to b

egin, isn't it

?
              
I get a little

     
 bit bigger, b

ut then
              
I'll admit, I'

              
m just the sam

       
e as I was
              
Now don't you 

     
understand

That I'm never changing who I am?
     
It's time to b

egin, isn't it

?
              
I get a little

     
 bit bigger, b

ut then
              
I'll admit, I'

              
m just the sam

       
e as I was
              
Now don't you 

     
understand

That I'm never changing who I am?

[Bridge]
            
    This road 

              
never looked s

  
o lonely
              
This house doe

              
sn't burn down

  
 slowly
           
to ashes, to a

         
shes...

[Chorus]
     
It's time to b

egin, isn't it

?
              
I get a little

      
 bit bigger, b

ut then
              
I'll admit, I'

              
m just the sam

       
e as I was
              
Now don't you 

     
understand

That I'm never changing who I am?
     
It's time to b

egin, isn't it

?
              
I get a little

     
 bit bigger, b

ut then
              
I'll admit, I'

              
m just the sam

       
e as I was
              
Now don't you 

     
understand
         
That I'm never

 changing who 

I am?

[Outro]