The Breakdown

Lyrics

 You tell me get down from this tower

But I like it way up here.

I see the people running below

Ruled by their hearts and fear.

 

They’ve got wild looks on their faces

And sores upon their feet.

From running through most everything

Past everyone they see.

 

Slow down,

Or you’ll miss my last goodbye

Watch me speed up,

So the wind whips these tears dry.

 

I’m not turning my back on you,

But I’ve got to hide my face.

If I turn around, It’ll be too hard

For me to leave this place.

 

But I know I must be going,

These rooms don’t make a home.

Still, I don’t want to be shut out,

By the stone walls that you’ve grown.

 

Please just join me

In the break down

Please just stand with me,

While the Earth starts falling down.

 

And the gravity that holds us

Will loosen up its grip.

But, if you hold my hand, I’ll help you

When your sore feet start to slip.

 

You say please just don’t leave me.

I say please don’t make me stay.

You can hobble me and tie me up,

But I’ll still run away

 

I know it will be hard to see

The tail-lights of my car,

But you’re not gonna make it better

By giving me a broken heart.

 

Let’s promise to both fall apart

Both be too frail to go along

Without the other, But I’m there

Whenever you hear this song.

 

Because I know I must be going,

These rooms don’t make a home.

Still, I don’t want to be shut out,

By the stone walls that you’ve grown.

 

Please just join me

In the break down

Please just stand with me,

While the Earth starts falling down.

 

And the gravity that holds us

Will loosen up its grip.

But, if you hold my hand, I’ll help you

When your sore feet start to slip.

 

There’s rocks and gravel up ahead

They’re littering our path,

But if we take it side by side,

We’ll make it through the aftermath.

 

I know there must be wreckage,

But it will leave room for more to build,

You can join me in my tower

And see that all the sweat we spilled

Was just a patch to cover up

A void we’d not yet filled.

 

So please just join me

In the breakdown.

Please just stand with me,

While the Earth starts falling down.

 

I need a hand to hold,

Friends silver and gold,

To brighten up this ivory.

 

Then we’ll all crash,

Crumble and smash

And lose the values that we see.

 

But in loss, we start again.

We begin just past the end.

And in pain, we know a friend

 

So please just join me

In the breakdown.

Please just stand with me,

While the Earth starts falling down.

 

Let’s promise that we’ll both fall apart…