[Intro] I thought I found an ocean. ... Turned out it was a puddle wearing the right lighting. [Verse 1] You had all the right aesthetics All the quotes and all the looks Spoke in paragraphs about your depth But you never finished books You were gallery without the art Architecture with no soul A beautiful expensive frame Around a canvas full of holes I mistook the surface tension For the start of something real Thought the stillness in your eyes Was depth — turns out it was just still You curated every detail Down to how you held your wine Every gesture was a costume Every word a borrowed line [Pre-Hook] And I wanted it to be real God I wanted it so bad The most convincing empty room I've ever walked into and had [Hook] Basic In the most beautiful way Basic Everything arranged on display A painting in a window That was never meant to stay You were smoke and you were mirrors And the smoke has cleared away Basic And I'm not even angry Just a little tired today Of looking for the ocean In a decorative display Basic [Verse 2] You spoke about the cosmos Like you owned a piece of sky Dropped philosophers like accessories Never asked them why You wore your complications Like a tailored coat in June Hot enough to get attention Gone before they see through you I went looking for the current Underneath the polished stone Found the bottom in three inches Should have left that well alone You're a menu with no kitchen You're a stage with no play You're a thousand followers deep And not one thing to say [Pre-Hook] And I wanted it to be real God I wanted it so bad The most convincing empty room I've ever walked into and had [Hook] Basic In the most beautiful way Basic Everything arranged on display A painting in a window That was never meant to stay You were smoke and you were mirrors And the smoke has cleared away Basic And I'm not even angry Just a little tired today Of looking for the ocean In a decorative display Basic [Bridge] I don't blame you for the shallow You can't give what isn't there And I don't blame me for the diving I just thought I felt a current in the air The saddest part of all of this Isn't what you turned out to be It's that I built a whole cathedral In my mind Out of smoke And called it You [Final Hook] Basic In the most heartbreaking way Basic Nothing real beneath the display A beautiful distraction That I gave too many days You were smoke and you were mirrors And I finally looked away Basic And I hope you find whatever Makes the surface feel okay But I need something underneath it So I'm putting down the spade Basic Just... Basic] [Outro] I built a cathedral out of smoke... ...and wondered why I was cold.
