My Thoughts as Our Castle Came Crumbling Down

It's quite refreshing, actually
To discover that the foundations we set down
Comprised of mostly dishonesty
It makes me chuckle, quite frankly
To think about the lengths
We used to push whatever this mess was
To make them all believe

And I wonder how long
We would've wasted
If I hadn't chosen to walk away
I ponder the alternate reality
In which we ran ourselves
Into an early grave

For a house
With the walls falling down
And the ceiling caving in
Well aware it wasn't safe for us to live in
For a flood
Running cold across the floor
Each day, it rains a little more
It's not enough to keep a dying fire burning

So in a haze of loneliness and settling
We used our broken tools to build a shelter
To make-believe it was our castle
And despite the endless armies
Of naysayers and skeptics
We built a wall of ignorance around our fantasy
We were far too fragile

And I wonder how far
We would've pushed the rest of the world away
So we could stay the same
Just to prove our own lies
Were the gospel truth
And drove ourselves insane

For a house
With the walls falling down
And the ceiling caving in
Well aware it wasn't safe for us to live in
For a flood
Running cold across the floor
Each day, it rains a little more
It's not enough to keep a dying fire burning

And if I could turn back time
I wouldn't change a single syllable
Of the sincere moments that still make me smile
But if I could just give myself a sign
I would scream into my history
I wouldn't let a part of myself die

For a house
With the walls falling down
And the ceiling caving in
Well aware it wasn't safe for us to live in
For a flood
Running cold across the floor
Each day, it rains a little more
It's not enough to keep a dying fire burning

For a house
With the walls falling down
And the ceiling caving in
Well aware it wasn't safe for us to live in
For a flood
Running cold across the floor
Each day, it rains a little more
It's not enough to keep a dying fire burning

The fire's dead and gone