(Intro) Verse 1 I gave my heart, they gave me names, We built our houses out of flames, We said we'd never lose our way, Then watched the colours fade to grey. A hand I held became a fist, A promise turned to something missed, And every door I opened wide Had someone waiting there inside. Verse 2 The closest ones can cut the deep, The wounds you hide are yours to keep, A brother turns into a stranger, A friend begins to feel like danger. We made our jokes, we shared the stage, Then carried fury into age, And every little thing unsaid Could fill a room long after dead. Chorus Every road ends in fire, Every kingdom falls apart, Every promise feeds desire, Every wound was once a heart. You can run from one another, You can bury what went wrong, But resentment has a memory And it remembers for too long. Verse 3 I chased the love that promised peace, But peace was never guaranteed, For people change and people leave, And sometimes love becomes a thief. It takes the quiet from your mind, It takes the trust you thought you'd find, Until you're standing in the rain Trying to work out who's to blame. Verse 4 The years went by, the faces changed, The old familiar rooms grew strange, And what began with tenderness Was measured later by the mess. We wanted someone to be true, Then hated what they really knew, And every battle that we won Left something broken when it was done. Chorus Every road ends in fire, Every kingdom falls apart, Every promise feeds desire, Every wound was once a heart. You can run from one another, You can bury what went wrong, But resentment has a memory And it remembers for too long. Bridge Perhaps the fault was wanting more Than any human heart could give; Wanting someone to understand The reasons that you chose to live. We built our walls, we locked the gates, Then wondered why we learned to hate The very people standing there Who once had found us unaware. Verse 5 So here I am beneath the light, With all my ghosts awake tonight, The friends, the lovers, brothers too, The things I did, the things they knew. No saint, no villain, no disguise, Just broken dreams in borrowed lives. And if there's wisdom in the end, It's knowing love and loss were friends. Final Chorus Every road ends in fire, Every kingdom turns to dust, Every promise bends with time, Every certainty becomes trust. You can carry all the anger, You can swear that you were right, But resentment is a shadow That grows longer in the night. Outro So let the old rooms empty, Let the old accusations die. We've spent enough of all our lives Asking who was wrong and why. Every road once led to somewhere. Every heart once opened wide. And every relationship Left a ghost behind. (Outro)
