[Intro] [detuned synth breathing, soft glitchy texture] mm yeah [Verse 1] [bouncy and hazy, half sung] built a little world inside my head again drew the borders out in crayon on the floor everything was simple when the rules were mine didn't need to know what all the lines were for used to think that growing up meant knowing things turns out it just means pretending that you do sitting in the sandpit making castles out of everything i couldn't say to you [Pre-Chorus] [filter slowly opening] something about the way it all caves in when you reach for it too hard built it up so carefully fell apart before the start [Chorus] [full color bass drop, bouncy and wistful] sandpit oh oh building something beautiful to break it oh oh sandpit oh oh every little castle that i make it oh oh washes out oh oh back to nothing every time sandpit back to nothing every time [Verse 2] [more intimate, glitchy undertones] funny how the things you build with both your hands feel like nothing when the tide comes rolling in packed it down so tight i thought it had to hold didn't count on where the water's always been you were standing at the waterline just watching didn't warn me didn't wave me off maybe you were waiting for it too to see me figure out how soft [Pre-Chorus] [building with urgency] everything i pour into the ground here slips right through my fingers anyway maybe that's the point of building something knowing it won't stay [Chorus] sandpit oh oh building something beautiful to break it oh oh sandpit oh oh every little castle that i make it oh oh washes out oh oh back to nothing every time sandpit back to nothing every time [Bridge] [stripped to morphing pads, vulnerable] maybe i just like the building part maybe that's enough make it real for just a moment then let the ocean have it back let it have it back let it [drop returns, wistful and wide] [Outro] [synths dissolving into texture slowly] sandpit oh oh still building oh oh always building oh oh mm yeah
