We build this city brick by brick

It’s kinda funny isn’t it

How we almost had it all

We worked our fingers to the bone

We made a castle of our own

But then we watched this kingdom fall

It’s the crying that reminds us, we’re alive

It’s the cracks that let the light in, sometimes

But I can see the diamonds in the dust

There’s beauty in the ruins of us

Darling that’s just how it goes

It’s one door open, one door closed

It’s nothing tragic in the end

So go ahead, and say goodbye

Cause there’s an empire in my mind

And I can build it all again

It’s the crying that reminds us, we’re alive

It’s the cracks that let the light in, sometimes

I can see the diamonds in the dust

There’s beauty in the ruins of us

And maybe life is what you make

You know this heart can take the flames

But just remember once you break it

It will never be the same

It’s the crying that reminds us, we’re alive

It’s the cracks that let the light in, sometimes

I can see the diamonds in the dust

There’s beauty in the ruins of us