Shadows on the pavement burn a watermark on you
and every city siren calls your name down every avenue
Falling into contemplation, broken to my needs
But I need no resolution here though it cuts me at the seams
I'm still the same
But you're not going to take me down again
I'm feeling old
That doesn't mean you can break my soul
See my youth begin to fade through the eyes of a child
and I study every lesson leaned that wipes away my smile
and I learn that all your walls are just the cover of the book
Every word a broken promise, every page a heart you took
I'm still the same
But you're not going to take me down again
I'm feeling old
That doesn't mean you can break my soul
Buried like a splinter
Rips apart like paper
Blows away like ashes in my hand
No I won't see you later
Go build another castle out of sand
Like ashes in my hand
I'm not drowning in your sea
Believing in you will not be the death of me
Not waiting for the curtain drop
or waiting for the hurt to stop
Not drowning in a tear drop for your love
and every city siren calls your name down every avenue
Falling into contemplation, broken to my needs
But I need no resolution here though it cuts me at the seams
I'm still the same
But you're not going to take me down again
I'm feeling old
That doesn't mean you can break my soul
See my youth begin to fade through the eyes of a child
and I study every lesson leaned that wipes away my smile
and I learn that all your walls are just the cover of the book
Every word a broken promise, every page a heart you took
I'm still the same
But you're not going to take me down again
I'm feeling old
That doesn't mean you can break my soul
Buried like a splinter
Rips apart like paper
Blows away like ashes in my hand
No I won't see you later
Go build another castle out of sand
Like ashes in my hand
I'm not drowning in your sea
Believing in you will not be the death of me
Not waiting for the curtain drop
or waiting for the hurt to stop
Not drowning in a tear drop for your love