Sandstone Lyrics

It's been a couple hard years, if you're hearing this

You probably know just what I mean

All that we hold dear has been tested here

And the results are troubling

When the storm came through and the cold winds blew

And the walls came crashing in

All we thought we knew to be tried and true

Demanded to be tried again

Now the bottom's at the top, a generation in shock

Breaking down like my first car

And the sickening drop that feels like it never stops

Yeah the floor never felt so far

I never want to hate, but I can't stop the rage

I'm a walking double-take, and I can't change

So I just try to fake that I learn from my mistakes

And maybe they'll give me a break

Is my identity a ploy? Am I a sham?

Am I a boy? 'Cause I know I'm not a man

Can I still live when the foundation gives

Or is that just who I am?

Expect a real cold day in a real warm place

When I say I'm giving up

You got your pitcher full of fears, yeah anxiety and tears

Go ahead and just fill my cup

When the floorboards drift and we feel the shift

Of the sand we thought was stone

And we try to lift up out of this ditch

We find we can't do this alone

From the gutter to the top, yeah we stagger till we drop

But we can't do this alone

I never want to hate, but I can't stop the rage

I'm a walking double-take, and I can't change

So I just try to fake that I learn from my mistakes

And maybe they'll give me a break

Is my identity a ploy? Am I a sham?

Am I a boy? 'Cause I know I'm not a man

Can I still live when the foundation gives

Or is that just who I am?

If you can see me, let me know

'Cause there's no point in the usual show

If there's no one around

That I might run the risk of getting to know

Feel like my head's about to blow, like I can't stand to see you go

But simultaneously if you ask to hang out I'll say no

If you can hear me, let me scream

I haven't given up on my dreams

But man, it seems like every institution made by man's a scheme

But we all bleed and we all breathe, no matter who we choose to be

And I refuse to crawl inside a hole or turn my back and flee

I will not be the bitter broken cynic crushed beneath this world

Clutching desperately to what I know with every finger curled

I will not fall, and if I do, then I will rise and carry on

I'm not defeated, I am not utterly destroyed

I am not gone

I never want to hate, but I can't stop the rage

I'm a walking double-take, and I can't change

So I just try to fake that I learn from my mistakes

And maybe they'll give me a break

Is my identity a ploy? Am I a sham?

Am I a boy? 'Cause I know I'm not a man

Can I still live when the foundation gives

Or is that just who I am?

I never want to hate, but I can't stop the rage

I'm a walking double-take, and I can't change

So I just try to fake that I learn from my mistakes

And maybe they'll give me a break

Is my identity a ploy? Am I a sham?

Am I a boy? 'Cause I know I'm not a man

Can I still live when the foundation gives

Or is that just who I am?