**Verse 1** These halls were raised by careful hands, With songs that echoed through the years. They sheltered hope, they quieted storms, They caught our laughter, held our tears. Every stone remembers kindness, Every beam recalls a name. Love can live inside a building, Without the building being the same. **Pre-Chorus** We're more than mortar, more than plaster, More than stories written deep. The house was built to shelter people— Not the people, just the keep. **Chorus** We are not the walls we raise. We are not the paint we wear. Mend the house without forgetting Those who learned to love it there. To love a house Is to mend its beams. Not every hammer Is an act against the dream. --- **Verse 2** I opened one more window, You thought I'd burn it down. I asked if light could enter, You heard I'd left the town. Fresh air isn't treason. Sunlight isn't blame. A crack revealed is not an insult; It's only calling out its name. **Pre-Chorus** No roof is shamed by mending. No bridge is weak for care. The hands that truly cherish Are the ones willing to repair. **Chorus** We are not the walls we raise. We are not the paint we wear. Mend the house without forgetting Those who learned to love it there. To love a house Is to mend its beams. Not every hammer Is an act against the dream. --- **Bridge** Don't mistake the scaffold For a wish to see it fall. The ones who never loved it Wouldn't build at all. No builder sees forever. No blueprint conquers time. The strongest homes are humble— They welcome new design. --- **Final Chorus** We are not the walls we raise. We are not the names they bear. Hold the hearts above the hallways, Hold the people with your care. Every generation Leaves another seam. Love is not protecting every stone— Love is keeping alive the dream. **Outro** When morning fills the windows, No wall can claim the sun. The house was never sacred. The lives inside it were.
