Paper House

Sliced this hole

Through space-time

This past of mine

It was 6 years wide

And I

Never knew why

I stepped through a door in sand

And saw a castle on

The other side so high

Floating in the sky

Locked inside

A hive mind

But this ain't right

And I can't rewind

I won't be buried alive

With my hands in the dirt

And my head hung low for a while

Tried and I tried

But tonight's not the night

So let's hang it up and move on again

What is the price

To drop my morals and roll

With my

Pride?

Minds collide

In a gorgeous display

Of colors fading to white

Tried and I tried

But tonight's not the night

So let's hang it up and move on again

Will I be a fortress

Or am I a paper house?

The kind that sways

And folds and crumples

When the rains come crashing down

There's a burning desire

For what I used to be

And it's pulling me higher

Toward what I'm meant to see

Will I be

There's a burning desire for

What I'm meant to see

So I smile

With a nod to the rest

And my head held high for a while

Tried and I tried

but tonight's not the night

So let's hang it up and move on again

Ooh-oh-oh

Yeah I tried, oh I tried

Tried for a while

Ooh-oh-oh

Oh I tried

Move on again