Failure breeds frustration in me I'm not the only one Years of life burned around me The damage has been done I blame myself No one else The choices were my own And now I can't remember Remember my way home Chorus: Build it up, tear it down The hard way Stack it up, burn it down The hard way Fear the fuel that grips me Digging my own grave I know that time heals nothing And I will never change Stripped and burned of all my pride A monument of shame Reaching out for nothing Slicing at my veins Chorus: Build it up, tear it down The hard way Stack it up, burn it down The hard way Build it up, tear it down The hard way Stack it up, burn it down The hard way Lead Now forever falling Never learning, growing old Once I knew the way to get back Once I had a soul Still a slave to the past Carried like a cross Speak to me of anger Dignity and loss Chorus: Build it up, tear it down The hard way Stack it up, burn it down The hard way Build it up, tear it down The hard way Stack it up, burn it down The hard way