Burn the Basement Down

Scuffed shoes on the basement stairs

X’d hands

Hearts full of cheap repair

You said “grow up

” we said “right now”

Sharpie dreams on a busted amp crown

We’re gonna burn the basement down

Turn these doubts into a crowded sound

If the world won’t let us in

We’ll kick that door and tear the hinges thin

Hands up

We’re shaking this small town

Yeah

We’re gonna burn the basement down

Late rent

Cracked screen

Half a tank

All in on a song and an empty bank

You call it phase

I call it spine

Built this mess on your deadline

We’re gonna burn the basement down

Turn these doubts into a crowded sound

If the world won’t let us in

We’ll kick that door and tear the hinges thin

Hands up

We’re shaking this small town

Yeah

We’re gonna burn the basement down

Spin out

Lights low

But we’re loud (so loud)

Heartbreak in the crowd

Still we jump

Still we shout

Drop out

Dead air

Then that pound (that pound)

One spark

New vow

From the floor to the clouds

We’re gonna burn the basement down

Turn these doubts into a crowded sound

If the world won’t let us in

We’ll kick that door and tear the hinges thin

Hands up

We’re shaking this small town

Yeah

We’re gonna burn the basement down