they built it brick by brick by brick then sold tickets to the trick painted sunshine on the rain charged admission to explain funny thing, the map looked free till the arrows started charging fees there was a place where smiles stood guard every answer came laminated hard the welcome sign was ten feet tall the fine print hid behind the wall a wanderer wandered, shocking i know asking where the hidden hallways go folks said "friend, don't pull that thread" that's usually what curiosity fed the manager smiled like a weather report sunny outside, tornado in court every question grew another lock every lock sold another clock reckless that's what they called him reckless for reading the small print brick by brick the picture slipped brick by brick the mask got chipped reckless maybe so sometimes the truth wears work boots slow the brochure promised wonder and light the basement preferred the shade at night the louder the music, the less folks heard the cage was hidden inside the bird a tour guide pointed toward the sky while something important walked right by they sold umbrellas in a drought then blamed the clouds for staying out a rulebook thicker than a winter coat somehow couldn't keep itself afloat every chapter said "don't ask why" which always makes the question multiply a brick said "trust me" another said "wait" a third brick whispered "check behind the gate" reckless that's what they called him reckless for pulling the curtain brick by brick the picture slipped brick by brick the mask got chipped reckless maybe so sometimes the truth wears work boots slow funny thing about a maze it needs lost people funny thing about a secret it needs loyal ears funny thing about certainty it rents space from fear funny thing about kingdoms the walls get nervous when mirrors appear the townsfolk argued in the square some said "nothing's hidden there" others swore they heard the gears grinding underneath the cheers one old timer laughed and said "the scarecrow's guarding an empty shed" another winked and tipped his hat "sometimes the shed guards more than that" the wanderer never claimed a throne just carried questions of his own but every answer that he found made stranger echoes all around brick stack brick crack brick smile brick act big show small facts front door trap hatch reckless that's what they called him reckless for counting the bricks brick by brick the picture slipped brick by brick the myth got stripped reckless
