[Verse 1] I've walked these floorboards thin and worn since the break of early light Trying to find a reason just to make it through the night I put on a smile like a suit of armor just to hide the cracks within But no matter how I polish it the rust is sinking in I've spent my life a-pleasing every soul that walked my way But the more I gave the more they took until there was nothing left to say I'm a ghost inside a house of cards just waiting for a breeze Down on my tired knees begging for a moment's peace and ease [Chorus] I'm destined to be alone in this quiet hollow space Searching for a mirror that can show a friendly face I can't please the world and I can't even please myself Like a dusty old hymnal left forgotten on the shelf No matter how I try they always turn and say goodbye Underneath this heavy Texas moon and a lonely purple sky [Verse 2] I bought a ring of silver once to keep a promise true But the metal turned to iron and the sky turned shades of blue There's a coldness in the kitchen where the coffee's gone to seed I'm harvestin' the garden of every selfish human need I thought if I worked harder maybe then they'd want to stay But effort's just a shovel digging graves along the way I'm a stranger to my reflection and a traitor to my heart Watching every bridge I built just slowly fall apart [Chorus] I'm destined to be alone in this quiet hollow space Searching for a mirror that can show a friendly face I can't please the world and I can't even please myself Like a dusty old hymnal left forgotten on the shelf No matter how I try they always turn and say goodbye Underneath this heavy Texas moon and a lonely purple sky [Bridge] It's a bitter kind of medicine to swallow down the truth That I've wasted all my kindness and I've squandered all my youth I knew it in the shadows and I knew it in the bone That the only path I'm walking is the one I walk alone [Chorus] I'm destined to be alone in this quiet hollow space Searching for a mirror that can show a friendly face I can't please the world and I can't even please myself Like a dusty old hymnal left forgotten on the shelf No matter how I try they always turn and say goodbye Underneath this heavy Texas moon and a lonely purple sky [Outro] Yeah I knew it all along through the static and the stone That I was always meant to be destined to be alone Just me and the echoes now All by myself
