please, tell me how you life these heavy bricks
and how you built this path for me to walk on
carve yourself in the stones
with the strength of all convinced
but i know your skin is still as thin as mine

what does it take to believe in all the things you believe?
maybe i need to listen more carefully

i finally know how you stand against the worst there is

you enjoy coffee and Debussy,
i can't believe the calmness in your bones, after everything
when she dreams, she sees herself in her sunday dress
humming simple melodies she's known since she was only three

i finally found the strength you've tried to tell me about

oh, even when the sky is crashing down,
you-you locked your knees and stood up straight
you are the strength inside my veins
oh, i want to feel the strength you know