Head Above Water

[Intro] Weeeee… built this ciiiiityyyyy… [Long Pause] Just to let it all buuuuurn… Come on… secret lover… [Verse 1] We stacked our promises like concrete floors, Made a private little heaven behind locked doors. There were names we never spoke out in the street, Just your hand beneath the table touching me. Every light in every window had a cost, Every road we paved was leading somewhere lost. You kept saying, “Wait until the world is kind.” I kept waiting as the seasons fell behind. [Pre-Chorus] Head above waaaaater… Watching birds take fliiiiight… If they can leave this city, Why am I here tonight? [Chorus] WE BUILT THIS CIIIIITY JUST TO LET IT ALL BUUUURN! COME ON, SECRET LOVER, LET IT ALL CRASH AND BUUUURN! DARKNESS ABOVE WAAAATER, AND THE EARTH STARTS TO CRAAAACK! THE ICE STARTS TO RIIIISE, AND WE CAN’T TAKE IT BAAAACK! Come on, secret lover… Just let it burn. [Verse 2] There’s a train beneath the avenue that never comes, A cathedral with no bells, a choir with no lungs. Rooftops wear the ashes of a summer we denied, Painted constellations peeling from the other side. I left your letters in a drawer beneath the stairs, Not to punish you—I couldn’t bear them being there. When the river climbed the sidewalk to our knees, You said, “Tell me there’s still something left to keep.” [Breakdown] I wanted to save us. But tell me… What were we saving? [Bridge] Let the birds fly past the towers, Let them find another shore. We’ve been sleeping in the wreckage Of a love that lives no more. My lungs are full of winter, Your mouth is full of rain. I can love you in the ruins And still walk away. [Final Chorus] WE BUILT THIS CIIIIITYYYYY JUST TO WATCH IT BUUUURN! HEAD ABOVE WAAAATER AS THE LAST BRIDGE TURNS! COME ON, SECRET LOVER, LET IT ALL CRASH AND BUUUURN! THE EARTH STARTS TO CRAAAACK, THE ICE STARTS TO RIIIIISE! AND THE BIRDS KEEP FLYING THROUGH OUR BROKEN SKYYYY! BUUUUUUUUUURN… [Outro] The birds got out. I think I can, too.