# JUST BECAUSE IT STANDS [Intro – Instrumental, distorted bass riff, dry drums, angular guitars] [Verse 1 – Low, restrained, rhythmic vocals] The door sticks every winter You put your shoulder in You say the frame's a little crooked Like it's always been There's a glass beside the sink With a crack across its side You keep filling it to the edge Then ask me where it went [Pre-Chorus – Tension rising, clipped delivery] I know the sound of giving way It doesn't sound like much A little less resistance Every time you push [Chorus – Explosive, melodic, emotionally strained] Don't call it solid Just because it stands Don't call it over Just because we never ran I held the center Till I couldn't feel my hands Don't call it solid Just because it stands [Post-Chorus – Aggressive, short phrases] Still standing Still standing On what? [Verse 2 – Bass-driven, tighter vocal phrasing] The pipes knock after midnight Like a fist behind the wall I used to wake up shaking Now the silence wakes me up You ask me why I'm leaving With your back against the door I've been gone in little pieces You just haven't checked the floor [Pre-Chorus – More urgent, building intensity] Each time the floor slips half an inch You swear it never moved I stopped asking what was broken When you nailed the window shut [Chorus – Full band, raw and forceful] Don't call it solid Just because it stands Don't call it over Just because we never ran I held the center Till I couldn't feel my hands Don't call it solid Just because it stands [Instrumental Break – Heavy syncopated riff, prominent bass, dissonant guitar] [Bridge – Half-time, tense, nearly spoken] Name the crack Name the cost Count the years Don't count what's lost Move the load Move the line Tell me which part Was ever mine [Bridge Climax – Rising vocal aggression] I was the beam I was the brace You called it home I called it weight [Break – Instruments drop out, intimate almost whispered vocals] And the strangest thing About letting go Was hearing nothing [Silence] Nothing [Silence] Nothing fall [Full band crashes in] [Final Chorus – Maximum intensity, strained melodic vocals] Don't call it solid Just because it stands Don't call it over Just because we never ran I held the center Till I couldn't feel my hands Don't call it solid Just because it stands [Outro – Slower, heavy, sparse, bass and guitar in unison] You can keep the name I won't keep the weight You can keep the name I won't keep the weight [Final vocal – Almost spoken] Just because it stands Doesn't mean it holds [End – Abrupt full-band stop]
