[Verse 1]
White walls
Red hands
Every echo
Comes back again
Bare feet
Cold floor
I keep pacing
I keep pacing
Bite down
On the drywall dust
Every promise
Flakes to rust
[Chorus]
And the bricks asked
“Isn’t this enough?”
But my hunger for the hurt
Keeps chewing through the cut
I can crack these bones
On the same old wall
I won’t hurt the bricks
Like they hurt me when I fall
(when I fall, when I fall)
[Verse 2]
Chewed lips
Split tongue
I taste plaster
I taste lungs
Your name carved
Into the grout
Every letter
Grinding out
Why do you just
Stand and stare?
Stone-silent witness
To my despair
[Chorus]
And the bricks asked
“Isn’t this enough?”
Does your yearning for the pain
Stretch farther than your blood?
I can grind these teeth
‘Til the fillings crawl
I won’t hurt the bricks
Like they hurt me when I fall
(you don’t break at all)
[Bridge]
[Beat drops to half-time
Choked guitar squeals]
I threw my heart
You gave it back
Chipped and laughing
Hairline cracks
I slammed my head
You stayed the same
You kept my secrets
You said my name
[Breakdown]
I. CAN’T. BREAK. YOU
YOU. JUST. TAKE. ME
I. CAN’T. BREAK. YOU
YOU. JUST. TAKE. ME. (hey!)
[Chorus]
And the bricks asked
“Isn’t this enough?”
But I’m clawing at the grout
Like losing is a drug
I can snap my spine
On this faithful wall
I won’t hurt the bricks
Like they hurt me when I fall
Like they hurt me
When I fall