Verse 1
I found the pieces where the silence fell,
Scattered like promises nobody could tell.
Swept them together with trembling hands,
Built a little fortress no one understands.
Every crack became another stone,
Every goodbye taught me to stand alone.
Called it survival, called it control,
Really I was burying what was left of my soul.
Pre-Chorus
I learned to smile through locked iron gates,
Making a home out of fear and mistakes.
Chorus
Brick by brick, I built those walls,
Higher every time my faith would fall.
I swore they’d keep the darkness out,
But they only learned to lock me in somehow.
Then you found the door I couldn’t see,
Touched the heart hiding underneath.
For a little while, I let love in…
Just to build the walls back up again.
Verse 2
You traced your fingers over every scar,
Never asked how broken all the pieces are.
You waited outside when I couldn’t speak,
Loved the parts that I still called weak.
So I pulled one stone from the highest place,
Let the sunlight finally touch my face.
For the first time in forever, I believed
Maybe this is who I was meant to be.
Pre-Chorus
The echoes grew quiet, the shadows grew small,
Funny how hope can dismantle it all.
Chorus
Brick by brick, they tumbled down,
Every tear washed another one to the ground.
I could finally hear my own heartbeat,
Instead of marching boots retreating through me.
I thought I’d buried all that pain,
Thought the storm had missed my name…
For a little while, I believed I’d win…
Until I built the walls back up again.
Bridge
It wasn’t you.
It wasn’t fate.
It was every ghost that learned to imitate.
Every slammed door, every empty chair,
Every “I’ll stay” dissolving into air.
So when love knocked with gentle hands,
My heart remembered different plans.
It reached for hope…
Then reached for stone.
Final Chorus
Brick by brick, here I stand,
Mortar mixed with shaking hands.
I’ve become an architect of goodbye,
Building castles where feelings go to die.
Every window turns to solid gray,
Every doorway fades away.
I hate these walls… but they know my name.
They’re the only thing that always stays.
Outro
Maybe one day I’ll leave a single stone undone.
Maybe one day the light won’t feel like someone with a loaded gun.
Until then, if you wonder where I’ve been…
I’m behind these walls…
Building them back up again.
