from battlements so high and tall
I loosed my arrow, watched you fall
with blood and marrow filled my bow
confessed for only you to know
beneath the shadow of the sun
the moon was blood, our wills were one
and brick by brick down came the wall
the fortress breached once and for all

behind the plaster that you tore down
you found me structurally unsound
I'm unsound, I'm unsound
and all the trees that we cut down
lie in ashes on the ground
on the ground, on the ground

I follow you up to the gate
with open palms accepting fate
around me time seems to dilate
a hunger I can never sate
behind the shut and bolted door
I saw the universe’s core
I reach for it with outstretched hands
but in my way the glass still stands

behind the plaster that you tore down
you found me structurally unsound
I'm unsound, I'm unsound
and all the trees that we cut down
lie in ashes on the ground
on the ground, on the ground

among these smoldering ruins I lie
cry lamentations to the sky
the fort has never been so high
I'll never be so high, so high
again

and like the house in which I'm bound
you found me structurally unsound
I'm unsound, I'm unsound
and all the trees that we cut down
lie in ashes on the ground
on the ground, on the ground

this is my last time under the sun
can't unsee what I've been shown
now I know, now I know
this is my last time under the sun
now all is said
and all is done