Stand down! Stand down! Why do you build your towers? My best defenses fall apart at my weakest hours I try and I try to build these walls up to the sky But all I have become is a walking, breathing empire of lies Bury my body, my corpse-shaped seed Start all over, just like a tree My bones like roots my tongue like leaves Will grow back deeper Trees they grow back stronger Hearts they grow back stronger They will grow back meeker and I will grow back stronger Wake up! Wake up We are all on fire We're walking torches fueled by our own desires And I'm am no exception I'm the perfect formulaic, failure combination Too much confidence Three parts desperation I'm going to sever my head to get a different point of view This is the pride before the fall I'm waving my skin like a white flag Tear down your castle walls Speak now the story of us all