Emily, a crowd has gathered here And once again they fail to see You can't just set the world at someone else's feet And not get trampled underneath And I think somehow Joe knew it He paid the price he thought he had to pay But Emily, that debt was meant for me That debt was meant for me This is not the world my father knew This is not the world, I know He would have wanted me to build But I can't undo it now It's like a train, and all it's cars are filled with steel That I would stop if I knew how And it is bearing down on me So I will stand here with my shoulders square and tall And when the whistle blows, not falter But when the crash comes I will fall With so much steam and steel behind it I won't slow it down at all Oh God Oh God Here comes the arm Thomas Please don't cry for me I know you never meant for this I love you completely Just remember that if I should leave you now Then in my final hour I pray this letter finds you well before it all goes to hell He could never cage the world It's too big for anyone, and soon the dark will pass I want so much to be with you but in my heart I know Tom, the city needs you now Joe, when you see Emily Tell her to wait for me 'Cause I still have work to do This city needs you now