Verse 1
Well I found myself in the position, so low that I couldn’t explain
Had to re-examine my present condition, or else watch my ambition run down the drain
Got to gather up all the strength that I can find
Do my best not to get choked by the tie that binds

Verse 2
Won’t you please let me leave my dreams, right here in the middle of the floor
They been sacrificin’ my dream, and I ain’t got the heart to show them the door
Feel like I’m wakin' up in the middle of a big mistake
Some of these habits of mine are getting harder and harder to shake

Chorus
Backbreaker, Backbreaker, I’m crushed beneath the load
Backbreaker, Backbreaker, my dreams go to heavy to hold

Verse3
Down the hill rollin’ and tumblin’, passin’ by with reckless abandon
Seen the inside of your castle walls crumblin’, lookin' like another crash landing
I can see the impact long before it’s felt
When you’re on the way down the one’s going up don’t need your help

Chorus

Bridge
Come all you dream chasers, just waitin’ to make it rich
Well down here it’s a backbreaker, down here it’s a son-of-a-bitch

Verse 4
In the dark side of the evening, when the animals come out to feed
The first lesson I ever saw’em teachin’, turned out to be the last one I’d ever need
Everything they give you they can take it away just as fast
Only be a hero once they’ve made a martyr out of you at last

Chorus