Verse 1:
Welcome back to the city at the edge of the world
Welcome back to the city of the plastic girl
Welcome back to the fight you're perpetually in
Welcome back to the war that you can't win
Pre-Chorus 1:
Oh you're breaking my heart
Your bloodline
Oh you're breaking my heart
Your bloodline
Chorus:
I want to break these bloodlines
These narrow-minded confines (Oh)
Are you dead and lonely inside (Oh)
Break free from this imitation life
Verse 2:
I want a hope that can't be killed
With a hammer 'n nails on Jerusalem hills
I want a hope that can't be killed
By your death, TV, and the boot camp drill
Pre-Chorus 2:
Oh you're breaking my heart
Oh you're breaking my heart
Welcome back to the city at the edge of the world
Chorus 2:
I want to break these bloodlines
These narrow-minded confines (Oh)
Are you dead and lonely inside (Oh)
Break free from this imitation life
Bridge:
All this time
All this time
Finding lies
Black as night
Chorus 3:
Break the bloodline
These narrow-minded confines (Yeah)
Are you dead and lonely inside (Oh)
Break free from this imitation life
Song by Switchfoot
Writers: Tim Foreman and Jon Foreman