Build Yourself

A familiar sound

Another slow collapse

I called home so I’d know

That I had somewhere to go

And I carried on

Like somehow they should be proud

There’s this strength in their daughter

Come hell or high water

She will argue while she drowns

Like I was born into the feeling

I'd earned the right to act as though

We all might as well be quitters

And I'm the only one who knows

So my sense of truth is waning

Dragging right behind my pride

But losing feels so graceful

When I pretend my hands were tied

Now I'm back in that dream

Where I sat in the wrong seat

But somehow drove

Halfway to I don’t know

And if they find me like this

Who’s really gonna believe

This was not me, this was not me

I know I did it but it was not me

So now they’re running diagnostics

On everything you’ll ever have

The system had potential but the wiring was bad

But our age is one of wonders

So let nothing get you down

We’ll find another glitch that you can build yourself around

You can scramble for an exit

When the world starts pouring in

You can give your life to God

But you will need it more than him

And you know that the wind is still gonna find you

And as the pressure starts to build

You can beat yourself to death out there, oh

Just by standing still