Let me be your fortress, I'll let you in Hideaway your secrets, I'll carry them You're the one I've wanted to defend If you let me be the hero I've never been 'Cause our hearts can't cover the tracks We both see where we keep comin' back I don't care what you've said in the past Out of the forest behind my door's a fortress Out of the forest behind my door's a fortress Let me be the war already won You can be the nation where I come from We can be the kingdom yet to come If you let me be, let me be the one 'Cause our hearts can't cover the tracks We both see where we keep comin' back I don't care what we've said in the past Out of the forest behind my door's a fortress Out of the forest behind my door's a fortress Evergreens, evergreens all up ahead of me Blazin' a trail with the enemy textin' me You like the best of me, not all the rest of me Reminds of 70, put 'em amphetamines Forever don't know what it meant to me Everything anyone ever has said to me But you call my reverie, like you were sent to me Must climb to the mezzanine, stay till we're 70 Under the stars at 70 years Out of the forest behind my door's a fortress Fortress Out of the forest behind my door's a fortress

Too long 'til fall, sick summer in bed You and a lazy mood Ten times the fall, spread, sacked, and I've failed Nobody move, nobody move Too long to fall, sat shiver in bed You and a test of will Too many fallen, too many failed Nobody move, nobody move Days with the light off, freezing You and I, uneasy, livid Stop, it's too late I'm feeling frustrated I see no sign of fortress I see no sign of fortress Stop, it's too late I'm feeling frustrated I see no sign of fortress I see no sign of fortress Stop, it's too late I'm feeling frustrated I see no sign of fortress I see no sign of fortress Stop, it's too late I'm feeling frustrated I see no sign of fortress I see no sign of fortress Safety is a Cootie Wootie with you Never pretend the chill Too many shadows, too many sails Nobody move, nobody move Summer is only winter with you How can you really feel? Two of another, none of a pair Nobody move, nobody move Days with the light off, freezing You and I, uneasy, livid Stop, it's too late I'm feeling frustrated I see no sign of fortress I see no sign of fortress Stop, it's too late I'm feeling frustrated I see no sign of fortress I see no sign of fortress Stop, it's too late I'm feeling frustrated I see no sign of fortress I see no sign of fortress Stop, it's too late I'm feeling frustrated I see no sign of fortress I see no sign of fortress Stop, it's too late (another delay) I'm feeling frustrated (too many hassles) I see no sign of fortress (where do we go?) I see no sign of fortress (how do we follow?) Stop, it's too late (another delay) I'm feeling frustrated (too many hassles) I see no sign of fortress (where do we go?) I see no sign of fortress (how do we follow?) Another delay, too many hassles Where do we go? How do we follow? Another delay, too many hassles Where do we go? How do we follow?

Oh, touching He can't have it I can tease Oh, lie with me Tired of living on my own, baby Oh, how dear, when I see (Have it when it's waiting for you) Oh, no, you see the way and I can't see (Have it when it's waiting for you) I can't my baby (You're down, I know) I can't my baby, oh I can't my baby I can't my baby I am on my own Oh, I don't know how Oh, be on time oh Oh, I don't know how (Have it when it's waiting for you) Oh, be on time (Have it when it's waiting for you) I can't my baby (I won't today) I can't my baby (And I will know where I'm from) I don't know how my baby Here I am, running in the dark Here I am, running away Here I am, running in the dark Here I am, running away

I'll wait at the gates Or is it a fortress? I'm calling the blame Just let me own it There are things I thought I could rise above And all the things I thought I was better than And a coward might call it a conscience And a liar might call it the truth Nothing could ever make me more frightened Than the thought of hurting you Watching you float across the isle of sand Before the fireworks began I closed my eyes And wrap my arms around you Do you remember what I whispered love? Do you remember what I whispered, love? This is how it's meant to be This is where we're supposed to be I don't think anyone Has ever loved anyone The way I loved you So I wait at the gates Of your fortress I'm calling the blame And she'll let me hold it And all the things I thought I could rise above I could not And all the things I thought I was better than I am not And a coward might call it a conscience And a liar might call it the truth Nothing could ever make me more frightened Than the thought of hurting you How could I hurt you? Watching you float across the isle of sand Before the fireworks began I closed my eyes And wrapped my arms around you Do you remember what I whispered love? Do you remember what I whispered, love? This is how it's meant to be This is where we're supposed to be I don't think anyone Could ever love anyone The way I love you The way I love you The way I love you This is how it's meant to be This is where we're supposed to be I don't think anyone Could ever love anyone The way that I love you The way I love you