Fortress Around Your Heart
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โฑ๏ธ 4:40 duration
๐ ID: 1124050
๐ Lyrics
Under the ruins of a walled city
Crumbling towers in beams of yellow light
No flags of truce, no cries of pity
The siege guns had been pounding through the night
It took a day to build the city
We walked through its streets in the afternoon
As I returned across the fields I'd known
I recognized the walls that I'd once made
Had to stop in my tracks for fear
Of walking on the mines I'd laid
And if I've built this fortress around your heart
Encircled you in trenches and barbed wire
Then let me build a bridge, for I cannot fill the chasm
And let me set the battlements on fire
Then I went off to fight some battle
That I'd invented inside my head
Away so long for years and years
You probably thought, or even wished that I was dead
While the armies all are sleeping
Beneath the tattered flag we'd made
I had to stop in my tracks for fear
Of walking on the mines I'd laid
And if I have built this fortress around your heart
Encircled you in trenches and barbed wire
Then let me build a bridge, for I cannot fill the chasm
And let me set the battlements on fire
This prison has now become your home
A sentence you seem prepared to pay
It took a day to build the city
We walked through its streets in the afternoon
As I returned across the lands I'd known
I recognized the fields where I'd once played
I had to stop in my tracks for fear
Of walking on the mines I'd laid
And if I've built this fortress around your heart
Encircled you in trenches and barbed wire
Then let me build a bridge, for I cannot fill the chasm
And let me set the battlements on fire
Crumbling towers in beams of yellow light
No flags of truce, no cries of pity
The siege guns had been pounding through the night
It took a day to build the city
We walked through its streets in the afternoon
As I returned across the fields I'd known
I recognized the walls that I'd once made
Had to stop in my tracks for fear
Of walking on the mines I'd laid
And if I've built this fortress around your heart
Encircled you in trenches and barbed wire
Then let me build a bridge, for I cannot fill the chasm
And let me set the battlements on fire
Then I went off to fight some battle
That I'd invented inside my head
Away so long for years and years
You probably thought, or even wished that I was dead
While the armies all are sleeping
Beneath the tattered flag we'd made
I had to stop in my tracks for fear
Of walking on the mines I'd laid
And if I have built this fortress around your heart
Encircled you in trenches and barbed wire
Then let me build a bridge, for I cannot fill the chasm
And let me set the battlements on fire
This prison has now become your home
A sentence you seem prepared to pay
It took a day to build the city
We walked through its streets in the afternoon
As I returned across the lands I'd known
I recognized the fields where I'd once played
I had to stop in my tracks for fear
Of walking on the mines I'd laid
And if I've built this fortress around your heart
Encircled you in trenches and barbed wire
Then let me build a bridge, for I cannot fill the chasm
And let me set the battlements on fire
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:18.59] Under the ruins of a walled city
[00:22.35] Crumbling towers in beams of yellow light
[00:26.14] No flags of truce, no cries of pity
[00:30.14] The siege guns had been pounding through the night
[00:34.14] It took a day to build the city
[00:37.94] We walked through its streets in the afternoon
[00:41.98] As I returned across the fields I'd known
[00:45.84] I recognized the walls that I'd once made
[00:49.71] Had to stop in my tracks for fear
[00:53.77] Of walking on the mines I'd laid
[00:57.32] And if I've built this fortress around your heart
[01:05.52] Encircled you in trenches and barbed wire
[01:13.24] Then let me build a bridge, for I cannot fill the chasm
[01:21.76] And let me set the battlements on fire
[01:34.17] Then I went off to fight some battle
[01:38.09] That I'd invented inside my head
[01:41.98] Away so long for years and years
[01:45.92] You probably thought, or even wished that I was dead
[01:49.72] While the armies all are sleeping
[01:53.98] Beneath the tattered flag we'd made
[01:57.78] I had to stop in my tracks for fear
[02:01.60] Of walking on the mines I'd laid
[02:05.10] And if I have built this fortress around your heart
[02:13.56] Encircled you in trenches and barbed wire
[02:21.23] Then let me build a bridge, for I cannot fill the chasm
[02:29.36] And let me set the battlements on fire
[02:49.62] This prison has now become your home
[02:53.65] A sentence you seem prepared to pay
[02:57.65] It took a day to build the city
[03:01.58] We walked through its streets in the afternoon
[03:05.27] As I returned across the lands I'd known
[03:09.56] I recognized the fields where I'd once played
[03:13.67] I had to stop in my tracks for fear
[03:17.06] Of walking on the mines I'd laid
[03:20.52] And if I've built this fortress around your heart
[03:28.91] Encircled you in trenches and barbed wire
[03:36.75] Then let me build a bridge, for I cannot fill the chasm
[03:44.74] And let me set the battlements on fire
[03:59.88]
[00:22.35] Crumbling towers in beams of yellow light
[00:26.14] No flags of truce, no cries of pity
[00:30.14] The siege guns had been pounding through the night
[00:34.14] It took a day to build the city
[00:37.94] We walked through its streets in the afternoon
[00:41.98] As I returned across the fields I'd known
[00:45.84] I recognized the walls that I'd once made
[00:49.71] Had to stop in my tracks for fear
[00:53.77] Of walking on the mines I'd laid
[00:57.32] And if I've built this fortress around your heart
[01:05.52] Encircled you in trenches and barbed wire
[01:13.24] Then let me build a bridge, for I cannot fill the chasm
[01:21.76] And let me set the battlements on fire
[01:34.17] Then I went off to fight some battle
[01:38.09] That I'd invented inside my head
[01:41.98] Away so long for years and years
[01:45.92] You probably thought, or even wished that I was dead
[01:49.72] While the armies all are sleeping
[01:53.98] Beneath the tattered flag we'd made
[01:57.78] I had to stop in my tracks for fear
[02:01.60] Of walking on the mines I'd laid
[02:05.10] And if I have built this fortress around your heart
[02:13.56] Encircled you in trenches and barbed wire
[02:21.23] Then let me build a bridge, for I cannot fill the chasm
[02:29.36] And let me set the battlements on fire
[02:49.62] This prison has now become your home
[02:53.65] A sentence you seem prepared to pay
[02:57.65] It took a day to build the city
[03:01.58] We walked through its streets in the afternoon
[03:05.27] As I returned across the lands I'd known
[03:09.56] I recognized the fields where I'd once played
[03:13.67] I had to stop in my tracks for fear
[03:17.06] Of walking on the mines I'd laid
[03:20.52] And if I've built this fortress around your heart
[03:28.91] Encircled you in trenches and barbed wire
[03:36.75] Then let me build a bridge, for I cannot fill the chasm
[03:44.74] And let me set the battlements on fire
[03:59.88]