"Ruins" lyrics

We build this city brick by brick
It's kinda funny isn't it
How we almost had it all

We worked our fingers to the bone
We made a castle of our own
But then we watched this kingdom fall

It's the crying that reminds us, we're alive
It's the cracks that let the light in, sometimes
But I can see the diamonds in the dust
There's beauty in the ruins of us

Darling that's just how it goes
It's one door open, one door closed
It's nothing tragic in the end

So go ahead, and say goodbye
Cause there's an empire in my mind
And I can build it all again

It's the crying that reminds us, we're alive
It's the cracks that let the light in, sometimes
I can see the diamonds in the dust
There's beauty in the ruins of us

And maybe life is what you make
You know this heart can take the flames
But just remember once you break it
It will never be the same

It's the crying that reminds us, we're alive
It's the cracks that let the light in, sometimes
I can see the diamonds in the dust
There's beauty in the ruins of us