Intro - Very simple] [Single acoustic guitar, fingerpicking] [Verse 1] So here we are, end of the album, end of the story Or maybe it's just the beginning of something more I've shown you nine years, thousand nights of glory And the question marks that kept me up on the desert floor You've heard the dependency chains I left behind The laboratory where I learned what's true The doubts, the breakthroughs, the philosophical grind Now I'm asking: what does this mean to you? [Chorus - Gentle, conversational] Brick by brick and bone by bone This is how you build what lasts Not with shortcuts, not with loans from institutions But with dirt and sweat and proving through the past Brick by brick, I've built
