You wear a good disguise
To hide the light you got between my eyes
You had me running blind

An open hand to shake
But with the other one you chip away
Til there's nothing left of me

You got a lonely heart with a loaded gun
You lonely heart loaded gun, yeah

You hold the map
I built this city
Up from the ground
Out to the sea
My blood my sweat into the concrete

Not yours to have
I built this city
Up brick by brick
Down on my knees
My blood my sweat into the concrete
Into the concrete

You want the ecstasy
But you will never know the agony
It came from my arteries

And you need the world to see you shine
Well it's all my gold to mine
I made a palace here
Out of my fears, out of my tears

You got a lonely heart with a loaded gun
You lonely heart loaded gun, yeah

You hold the map
I built this city
Up from the ground
Out to the sea
My blood my sweat into the concrete

Not yours to have
I built this city
Up brick by brick
Down on my knees
My blood my sweat into the concrete, into the concrete"