[Intro - Instrumental Build - Rapid hi-hats gradually emerge, Bass pulse enters, Angular guitar riff builds layer by layer] [Verse 1] Build it high, build it wide Keep the unfamiliar outside Every lock makes the room feel small Every brick makes the shadow tall [Instrumental Break - Driving bass and frantic hi-hats - Guitar riff becomes increasingly distorted] [Hook] Safe behind the wall Safe behind the wall Nothing gets in Nothing gets out [Verse 2] Paint the warnings on the gate Give us someone we can hate Call it order, call it peace Call it anything but fear [Breakdown] Brick by brick Name by name We built a shelter Then we built a cage Brick by brick Day by day We pushed the world Further away [Explosive Chorus] Safe behind the wall Safe behind the wall If we never let them in Can they ever hurt us at all? Safe behind the wall Safe behind the wall The higher that we build it The further we fall [Instrumental Climax - Relentless drums, Fast hi-hats, Distorted bass, Repetitive angular guitar figure] [Final Refrain] Safe behind the wall Safe behind the wall Nothing gets in Nothing gets out [Outro] And the door stays closed And the door stays closed And the door stays closed Until we can't remember What we closed it for
