Building Mansions
Updated: May 26
By Skye Shae Bonati
April 26, 2018
Music & Lyrics by Skye Shae Bonati
Listen to "Building Mansions" (mp3)
Building mansions
Finding caverns
Taking actions
Breaking fractions
all we want is to be innocent
all the taking leaves us feeling spent
Making, losing
Calling, Dropping
Hoping, gasping
Grasping, falling
All we want: to be heard
All we have are the burns of a falling city now
Smoke burns in my lungs
Can you save me
Can you pick me up (can you pick me up?)
Love aches in my bones
Even pride can’t cover up the ashes (the ashes)
What am I falling for?
Crafting armies
Sending bodies
Masking follies
Hosting parties
All we want is to be independent
All the freedom leaves us stretching fences
Standing, slipping
Fighting, missing
Aiming, waring
Scoring, sobbing
All we want: to be one
All we have is a drum beating no sure rhythm now
(Beating no sure rhythm)
Smoke burns in my lungs
Can you save me
Can you pick me up (can you pick me up?)
Love aches in my bones
Even pride can’t cover up the ashes (the ashes)
What am I falling for?
What am I falling for?
What am I falling for?
…
There’s moonlight and I’m coming home
All these years, and I’ve never seen the ashes
The ashes of my life, and I say
Moonlight, I’m coming home
All these years, and I’ve never seen the ashes
The ashes of my life, and I say
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