[Verse 1] The first stone fell the day she said goodbye The second one, a promise turned to lie By the time I'd stacked a hundred high Couldn't see the morning, couldn't feel the sky [Pre-Chorus] But I told myself it kept me safe From every wound I couldn't face Said no harm could find this place Built behind my own embrace [Chorus] Stone by stone, I raised the walls Brick by brick against the fall Swore I'd never need to call For anyone at all Stone by stone [Verse 2] And it's quiet here, you wouldn't believe How loud the silence gets when you can't leave The only company my own regret Every door I locked, I can't forget [Pre-Chorus] So I told myself the cost was right For never crying through the night But there's no warmth without the light And I'm running out of fight [Chorus] Stone by stone, I raised the walls Brick by brick against the fall Swore I'd never need to call For anyone at all Stone by stone [Bridge] Then your voice came through the seam Like a half-remembered dream Said love is what gets in When you let the cracks begin And I felt the mortar give Felt my whole self start to live [guitar solo] [Final Chorus] Stone by stone, I tore them down Watched them crumble to the ground What I lost, I'm finding now In every sunrise, every sound Stone by stone, stone by stone What protected me was holding me down Stone by stone, stone by stone Nothing left but open ground [Outro] And the wind, oh the wind Knows my name again Stone by stone... stone by stone...
