The Tower

Intro

Yeah

Mm-hmm

Tear it down

Tear it down

Verse 1

Started at the bottom of a stairwell

Every step a promise I had sold

Fingers bleeding on the iron rail

I believed the story I was told

Chiseled through the doubt and the debris

Climbed until the clouds were underneath

Pre-Chorus

Higher and higher I went

Higher and higher I spent

Everything I had to see the view

Higher and higher for you

Chorus

I climbed to the top to find lies

Lies

I climbed to the top to find lies

Every banner was a clever disguise

I climbed to the top to find lies

Drop

Climb climb climb till the summit breaks

Climb climb climb for the liar's sake

Climb climb climb till the summit breaks

Climb climb climb for the liar's sake

Verse 2

Banners waving red and gold and green

Painted by a hand I never saw

Every hero hung upon the wall

Was a mirror showing me my flaw

Shattered every trophy in the hall

Nothing but a hollow empty draw

Pre-Chorus

Higher and higher I bled

Higher and higher I said

This was gonna be the thing that saved me

Higher and higher maybe

Chorus

I climbed to the top to find lies

Lies

I climbed to the top to find lies

Every banner was a clever disguise

I climbed to the top to find lies

Bridge

Fool me once with a golden crown

Fool me twice with a sacred vow

Fool me three times I'm tearing it down

Burning the staircase burning it down

Breakdown

Down

Down

Down

Tear it down

Chorus

I climbed to the top to find lies

Lies

I climbed to the top to find lies

Every banner was a clever disguise

I climbed to the top to find lies

Outro

Tear it down

Tear it

Guitar Solo

Solo

Verse 3

Standing in the rubble of the crown

Counting all the steps that brought me here

Every stone I stacked to reach the sky

Falling like a lesson loud and clear

Told myself the summit was a home

Turned out it was anybody's throne

Pre-Chorus

Lower and lower I go

Lower and lower I know

Nothing at the top was ever mine

Lower and lower this time

Drop

Fall fall fall through the open air

Fall fall fall like I never cared

Fall fall fall through the open air

Fall fall fall like I never cared

Verse 4

Hit the ground and felt my backbone crack

Not from falling but from standing still

All the voices that had called me up

Never once came down to see the spill

Cut my hands on promises I kept

Woke up in the valley where I wept

Bridge

Build me up with a liar's tongue

Break me down when the race is run

Build me up I'm not anyone's son

Tear the tower down brick by brick for fun

Breakdown

Brick by brick

Brick by brick

Tear it down

Brick by brick

Chorus

I climbed to the top to find lies

Lies

I climbed to the top to find lies

Now I'm planting flowers where it dies

I climbed to the top to find lies

Post-Chorus

Oh oh oh

Down down down

Oh oh oh

Down down down

Verse 5

Dig a garden where the tower stood

Nothing left to worship or to fear

Every seed I bury in the ground

Grows into a reason I am here

No more climbing just to touch the sky

Learning how to love the soil instead

Pre-Chorus

Over and over again

Over and over my friend

I don't need a banner or a name

Over and over the same

Drop

Grow grow grow from the ash and rain

Grow grow grow through the hurt and pain

Grow grow grow from the ash and rain

Grow grow grow through the hurt and pain

Verse 6

Calloused hands that used to grip the rail

Now they're holding something I can hold

Sun comes up and doesn't ask for praise

Doesn't need a story to be told

I was chasing something made of glass

Now I'm standing on the honest grass

Bridge

Fool me once with a golden crown

Fool me twice with a sacred vow

Fool me three times I'm tearing it down

Planting something new in the ground

Chorus

I climbed to the top to find lies

Lies

I climbed to the top to find lies

Every banner was a clever disguise

I climbed to the top to find lies

Outro

Grow

Grow

Grow

No more climbing

No more lies

Grow

End