[Verse 1] They bought their homes when the dollar was strong Interest was high but it didn’t last long Watched it all rise without asking why Just signed the note and let time go by [Verse 2] Stocks kept climbing, land got tight Assets grew while they slept at night Did they know or just ride the wave Quiet gains that the system gave [Pre-Chorus] No one told them it was the game No one taught them to name the flame Just work hard, save what you can Didn’t see the shifting sand [Chorus] It was built on the wind, but it felt like stone Now we’re standing here paying what we don’t own They held the line while the world expanded Now the weight of the debt is in our hands Oh it rose so fast, now it won’t pretend You can’t keep building forever on the wind [Verse 3] Now the numbers don’t stretch the same Wages stuck but the costs still came Every dollar don’t go as far Chasing shadows of where they are [Verse 4] Printing slowed, or it hits too hard Too much debt on the credit card System’s tired, it’s showing strain Can’t just flood it to ease the pain [Pre-Chorus] They retire on what it grew We inherit what broke in two Not their fault, just how it played Different rules than the ones we face [Chorus] It was built on the wind, but it felt like stone Now we’re standing here paying what we don’t own They held the line while the world expanded Now the weight of the debt is in our hands Oh it rose so fast, now it won’t pretend You can’t keep building forever on the wind [Bridge] Maybe they knew, maybe they didn’t Maybe it’s grace, maybe it’s timing Luck and a system that quietly fed While no one questioned the road it led We don’t blame, we just see clear What was hidden is loud and near Truth comes slow but it always shows In the things that a system owes [Soft Chorus] It was built on the wind, we believed it was gold Now we’re learning the story we were never told [Final Chorus] It was built on the wind, but it felt like stone Now we’re standing here paying what we don’t own But we’ll build again, yeah we’ll find a way Not just chasing what fades away If it’s truth we hold, it will never bend We won’t build our lives on the wind again
