No matter who you are, no matter what you do
There's gonna be someone, wants something else from you
Yeah

This is an ancient test, it's a shiny lie
Discover something pure, then sit and watch it die
Yeah

No matter who you are, no matter where you've been
No matter what you've done, you'll have to start again
No matter who you are

Between the soaring dreams and the bottom line
So much is given up, so much is left behind
Yeah

This is the price you pay, this is the beast you feed
When you abandon hope and you give in to greed
No matter who you are, no matter who you've been
You'll have to sort it out and start again

No matter who you are, no matter who you are
Don't take this wrong, don't let it bring you down
It's just the way things work in this great big town
Yeah

No matter who you are, no matter who you are
No matter who you are