[Verse 1] I've been pouring everything in, every piece of me Countless nights, countless fights for what I couldn't see Built a castle on a fault line and I thought it was sound Turned around and realized the whole thing's coming down Gave it all I had to give but the foundation was wrong Been singing all the right words but the wrong damn song Running out of time and running low on fight But I know I gotta break before I get this right [Pre-Chorus] It's not the enemy — it's me, I see it now It's a mirror staring back, I gotta own it somehow Every answer that I asked for was already there I just couldn't see the signal through the static in the air [Chorus] So I'm gonna tear it down, tear it down Let the whole thing fall to the ground Sometimes you gotta break what you spent years to make To build the thing that was always meant to be found Tear it down, tear it down Let the fire turn to holy ground From the wreckage in the rubble something golden will rise I'm gonna tear it down [Verse 2] I see the pattern now — I've been here before Take a step back and realize I walked through this door Different stage but it's the same old play Self-sabotaging every chance, finding every way Money's getting thin, resilience on E But the only way to win is to finally set it free Not a failure — just a lesson I was destined to learn Gotta let the old thing go before the new thing burns [Pre-Chorus] It's not the enemy — it's me, I see it now It's a mirror staring back, I gotta own it somehow Every answer that I asked for was already there I just couldn't see the signal through the static in the air [Chorus] So I'm gonna tear it down, tear it down Let the whole thing fall to the ground Sometimes you gotta break what you spent years to make To build the thing that was always meant to be found Tear it down, tear it down Let the fire turn to holy ground From the wreckage in the rubble something golden will rise I'm gonna tear it down [Bridge] Yeah the dots are still there — every single one counts Every stumble, every setback, every time that I bounced This ain't wasted time — this is context in motion Every scar on the blueprint turns to wisdom and devotion And the story gets richer for the fight Just another dot connecting when I make this right So I let it go, I let it go Let it go — now watch me build what only I could know [Final Chorus — elevated] Yeah I'm gonna tear it down, tear it down Let the whole thing fall to the ground Sometimes you gotta break what you spent years to make To build the thing that was always meant to be found Tear it down, tear it down Let the fire turn to holy ground From the wreckage in the rubble something golden will rise I'm gonna tear it down I'm gonna tear it — down [Outro] From the ashes... something golden From the ashes... something golden Every ending is a dot on the way to where I'm going From the ashes... something golden
