Verse 1:
This is how it ends
This is how it ends
Not with a bang
But with a thrashing of all common sense
It ends with us crying outside
On the steps of your hallway
This is how it ends
This is how it ends
An era comes crashing down
All that could’ve been
It ends with me down on me knees
And having to pray

Chorus:
Burn this down
This life this house and all
We’ve been staring at weakening walls
Knowing they’ll fall
I can’t assess the damage
I can’t keep it under control
This process has taken its toll
I’ll be up all night

Verse 2:
This is how it ends
This is how it ends
With desperate isolation
And loss of your friends
It ends with you crying outside
Hoping they’ll stay
This is how it ends
This is how it ends
With commitments and choices
You have to defend
It ends with you down on your knees
With nothing to say

Chorus:
Burn this down
This life this house and all
We’ve been staring at weakening walls
Knowing they’ll fall
I can’t assess the damage
I can’t keep it under control
The process has taken its toll
I’ll be up all night

Bridge:
So I’ll worry myself sick
And then shake it out until my skin grows thick
I have to be strong for you
I have to be steel for you
My will can’t be paper-thin
I will not singe my skin

Chorus:
When you burn this down
This life this house and all
I’ve been staring at weakening walls
Knowing they’ll fall
I can’t assess the damage
I can’t keep this under control
This process has taken its toll
I’ll be up all night

SO BURN THIS DOWN
THIS LIFE THIS HOUSE AND ALL
WE’VE BEEN STARING AT WEAKENING WALLS
KNOWING THEY’LL FALL
I CAN’T ASSESS THE DAMAGE
I CAN’T KEEP THIS UNDER CONTROL
THIS PROCESS HAS TAKEN ITS TOLL
i’ll be up all night