[verse] I built this house with rotten hands Nailed my name into the walls Every room remembers me Every ceiling wants to fall I hear the floorboards breathing I feel the foundation crack You can bury me beneath it But the dead are coming back [chorus] Tear it down Let it bleed Everything you made of me Tear it down Brick by brick I was never yours to fix [verse] I swallowed every bitter word Till they turned to rust inside Now every lie you fed me Has a mouth and teeth tonight You wanted something quiet You wanted something tame You should have known better Than to teach the fire my name [chorus] Tear it down Let it bleed Everything you made of me Tear it down Watch me crawl I will be the last thing standing When you lose it all
