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

Am I lost to wonder forever Perhaps for the rest of my days? If all that has been surrendered will just go to waste You left me out in the distance To wander this world on my own Sometimes it's so hard to admit it but I can't let go I can't let you go Go on and take it all Go on and take it all, fortress coming down I know we can't save it all No we can't save it all, everything is gone Oh, I have seen it all Oh, I have seen it all, the fortress coming down Go on and take it all Go on and take it all One thing I know is for certain We cannot have all we want Still this will not stop the hurting, it is never gone Now I hold on to the one thing Too fragile to stand on its own The fortress we built it is crumbling still I can't let go I can't let you go Go on and take it all Go on and take it all, fortress coming down I know we can't save it all No we can't save it all, everything is gone Oh, I have seen it all Oh, I have seen it all, the fortress coming down Go on and take it all Go on and take it all, fortress coming down Oh, there'll come a time, this I know There'll come a time, you'll look back and regret when it's gone You'll look back and regret when it's gone There'll come a time, this I know There'll come a time, you look back and regret when it's gone You'll look back and regret when it's gone In the end, too far gone, this I can't deny Still I keep holding on, you know There's still time On the outside looking in everything seems fine But the fortress caving in comes down On me tonight Go on and take it all Go on and take it all, fortress coming down I know we can't save it all No we can't save it all, everything is gone Oh, I have seen it all Oh, I have seen it all, the fortress coming down Go on and take it all Go on and take it all Just take it all Just take it all Just take it all

Why did you call it what you called it You could've called it off Did you ever feel the way I did at all Probably gets you off Thinking I'm broken, shadows holding me With my fingers crossed Like I'm in a corner back against a wall But I promise I'm not Up up in the madness You turned a lover to a savage Think you're addicted to my sadness No more You don't get in my brain You don't fill up the spaces I don't whisper your name Now that I've built a fortress I'll never be the same So I'm cutting my losses I'm not letting you in Now that I've built a fortress When you call I ignore it I built a fortress, mmh Yeah, I built a fortress Thought that you meant it when you spent All those quiet nights on me Told me all about the secrets that you keep I thought you were so deep So badly wanting something So I let you keep takin' me Up up in the madness, madness You don't get in my brain You don't fill up the spaces I don't whisper your name Now that I've built a fortress I'll never be the same So I'm cutting my losses I'm not letting you in Now that I've built a fortress When you call I ignore it I built a fortress, mmh Yeah, I built a fortress You said you did but you don't give a fuck about us You, all the worlds that you don't say speak the loudest You said you did but you don't give a fuck about us About us, don't say don't say You don't get in my brain You don't fill up the spaces I don't whisper your name Now that I've built a fortress I'll never be the same So I'm cutting my losses I'm not letting you in Now that I've built a fortress When you call I ignore it I built a fortress, mmh Yeah, I built a fortress When you call I ignore it I built a fortress Did you ever feel the way I did at all?