Brick by Bitter Brick

[Instrumental Intro]

[Verse 1]

Seventeen and certain I knew everything

Traded my tomorrow for a cheap thrill

Small lies stacked up into a fortress

Now I rattle round these rooms alone

Every wrong turn built another wall

And I bricked myself in with my own two hands

[Pre-Chorus]

The plaster starts to murmur my name

The ceiling keeps repeating my mistakes

[Chorus]

These walls are talking

They know what I did

These walls are talking

And I can't outrun it

I built this cell

Brick by bitter brick

These walls are talking

And I'm still inside

[Post-Chorus]

(Walls are talking)

(Walls are talking)

[Verse 2]

I was reckless I was loud I was wrong

Burned every bridge before I crossed it

Thought I'd never pay for any of it

Now the payment's due and I'm the debtor

Same four corners every single morning

Same reflection I refuse to meet

[Pre-Chorus]

The silence hums a tune I recognize

The shadows spell my name across the plaster

[Chorus]

These walls are talking

They know what I did

These walls are talking

And I can't outrun it

I built this cell

Brick by bitter brick

These walls are talking

And I'm still inside

[Post-Chorus]

(Walls are talking)

(Walls are talking)

[Bridge]

Maybe maybe maybe I could change

Maybe maybe maybe it's too late

I paced I prayed I cursed

I clawed at every seam

Nothing gives nothing bends

Nothing lets me leave

[Guitar Solo]

[Breakdown]

I am the lock

I am the key

I am the guard

Who won't release me

[Chorus]

These walls are talking

They know what I did

These walls are talking

And I can't outrun it

I built this cell

Brick by bitter brick

These walls are talking

And I'm still inside

[Post-Chorus]

(Walls are talking)

(Walls are talking)

(Walls are talking)

And I'm still inside

[Outro]

(Still inside)

(Still inside)