Framework Lyrics

I was sitting in the living room

When water trickled in

Leaking from the ceiling

Plaster and patience wore thin

Then the windows started cracking

Like the shattered glass was stained

The ceiling tiles peeling

And they let in all the rain

The shower started running

But I never turned it on

They said it's all in your head

I wish I could prove them wrong

Now I think this house was haunted

Should have known it all along

How can I build upon it

If the walls were never strong?

Guess I need to tear it down

If I built it all from scratch

I just tried to turn a light on

But instead, I lit a match

They said redo the framework

If I want this house to stand

So I'm back holding the shovel

While blisters form on my hand

I might have all the bricks

But I can't find the cement

I may now hold the hammer

But can't chisel out the dents

Sometimes I sit and wonder

What I'm working on at all

Why even mix the plaster

With no pictures for the walls?

The amount of work I have to do

Maybe I'll just be done

Maybe this house is past repair

Occupancy at one

If hope is the electric

Than all wires have been cut

I'm damned to this construction zone

To dig a deeper rut

Knew I had to tear it down

But it's hard to build from scratch

I'd rather leave the box closed

There's just too much to rehash

They say redo the framework

If I want this house to stand

But I'd rather burn it down

Don't need new bones, I need new land

They say redo the framework

But don't think I have the will

I destroyed many bridges

So I know I have the skill

But tearing down and building up

The latter's just too hard

I'd have to clear the skeletons

They've buried in my yard

Maybe it's time to hang my hat up

Leave all the remains

Maybe it's time to admit

That it's too late for my brain

Admit I failed your classes

And fell down from D to Z

You have a lot of casualties

But somehow, I still breathe

I tried to clean your dungeon

But instead, you bombed my palace

I tried to fix the flooring

But my hands are covered calloused

I'm chewing through the metal

So I can escape the cage

I've never let me feel it

But now I'm one with my rage

I've held onto it far too long

I'm shedding the self blame

Instead of pouring water on them

I now fuel the flames

No prisoner to my regret

Refuse to feel the guilt

I've now become the arsonist

Since you've burned what I've built

I'm climbing up but I fall down

Got ripped off of the ladder

I'm trying to forget it

Like you never even mattered

I'm climbing up but I fall down

Got ripped off of the ladder

I tried hard not to break

But now I just let it shatter

Climbing up but falling down

Can't grip onto the ladder

I'm trying to forget it

Like you never even mattered

Climbing up but falling down

I let go of the ladder

Make more wounds or patch those you've made

You never took the latter

You never took the latter