[Verse] This is what it feels like standing still in motion Built my castle out of sand in a restless ocean Spent a lifetime growing to a world gone hollow Always in control but my shadow won't follow [Verse 2] Thought I held the reins to the beast in my chest But it roars when it wants doesn't care for my best The clock keeps ticking but the time is a blur All the moments slip away I'm just chasing her [Chorus] Oh the strings I pull turn to threads that fray The plans I laid crumble in a day Always in control with my paper crown But the wind laughs loud as it tears me down [Verse 3] I mapped the stars charted every mile But the constellations shift like a cosmic trial Nothing is what it seems the pieces rearrange And the more I hold on the more they change [Bridge] The hands that grip are the hands that lose The tighter the choke the looser the noose I'm learning to dance where the wild things grow Letting go of control is when life starts to flow [Chorus] Oh the strings I pull turn to threads that fray The plans I laid crumble in a day Always in control with my paper crown But the wind laughs loud as it tears me down
