Brick
Creaking wood as I take a step
How much longer can you take my weight
Squeaking door, have I pulled you out
Of your lost but steady sleep
I lay my hands on a wall so cold
Hope it doesn’t start to shiver
The storm outside comes through the cracks
The house begins to weep
So many years you stood there
How many more can you take
It wouldn’t surprise me at all
If I die before you’ll awake
‘Cause you’re hard as stone and patient
And you know where you belong
The pain inside that left its marks
Shouldn’t worry you too much
‘Cause you’re a brick from the outside
Don’t hide away in trees
You should be proud of something
Don’t fall back on your knees
I tried everything to keep you alive
But I couldn’t stop the mumble
So remember me as a friend inside
And tell me when you crumble
We always resent some stranger
For trampling on our feelings
But our dearest friends and lovers
Could trample down our soul
I know you stand defenseless
I could tear your bones apart
But I’d never let a stranger
Burst in and break your heart
‘Cause you’re a brick from the outside
Don’t hide away in trees
You should be proud of something
Don’t fall back on your knees
I tried everything to keep you alive
But I couldn’t stop the mumble
So remember me as a friend inside
And tell me when you crumble
Now tell me when you crumble
But who am I to know
The centuries before my time
You have lived for generations
You could survive a couple more
So consider the circumstances
Before you bury me in debris
‘Cause maybe I’m the worst so far
In sheltering your door
Yeah, maybe I’m the worst so far
And nothing more