"The House I Built From Dirt" lyrics
I've been living in the hallway where the quiet never ends
Where the pictures on the drywall feel like faces I pretend
Every door I close behind me has a memory in its frame
Some I'm scared to open up, afraid that I won't look the same
I've been walking through the echoes
Like they're rooms I never cleaned
Stacking reasons on the rafters
Just to keep what I believed
And the floorboards talk in secrets
When I step where I was hurt
But I still sleep inside the bedroom
In the house I built from dirt
Every wall I patched together shows the cracks beneath the paint
Every truth I try to cover bleeds through colors I ain't made
I've been fixing what I ruined, I've been losing what I learned
But I'm still taking out the trash
At the house I built from dirt
I've been tryna light the hallway with a lamp that flickers out
You can tell the parts I've broken by the places filled with doubt
I've been talking to the ceiling like it knows the things I've done
Tryna find a kind of healing in the shape I'm running from
I've been moving room to room
Like there's a safer space to breathe
But the past keeps changing colors
Every time I try to speak
And I swear I hear forgiveness
In the corners where it hurts
But I still walk across the floorboards
In the house I built from dirt
Every wall I patched together shows the cracks beneath the paint
Every truth I try to cover bleeds through colors I ain't made
I've been fixin' what I ruined, I've been losin' what I learn
But I still go and check the mail
Of the house I built from dirt
Maybe home ain't where you started
Maybe home is what you face
Maybe healing isn't perfect
Maybe pain don't leave a trace
Maybe I'm just layin' lumber
Over everything I burned
Tryna build a better future
In the house I built from dirt
Every wall I patched together shows the cracks beneath the paint
Every truth I try to cover bleeds through colors I can't fake
I've been fixin' what I ruined, I've been losin' what I learn
Trying to talk my way through it in the house I built to burn
Oh the house I built from dirt
In the house I built from dirt
In the house I built from dirt
Where the pictures on the drywall feel like faces I pretend
Every door I close behind me has a memory in its frame
Some I'm scared to open up, afraid that I won't look the same
I've been walking through the echoes
Like they're rooms I never cleaned
Stacking reasons on the rafters
Just to keep what I believed
And the floorboards talk in secrets
When I step where I was hurt
But I still sleep inside the bedroom
In the house I built from dirt
Every wall I patched together shows the cracks beneath the paint
Every truth I try to cover bleeds through colors I ain't made
I've been fixing what I ruined, I've been losing what I learned
But I'm still taking out the trash
At the house I built from dirt
I've been tryna light the hallway with a lamp that flickers out
You can tell the parts I've broken by the places filled with doubt
I've been talking to the ceiling like it knows the things I've done
Tryna find a kind of healing in the shape I'm running from
I've been moving room to room
Like there's a safer space to breathe
But the past keeps changing colors
Every time I try to speak
And I swear I hear forgiveness
In the corners where it hurts
But I still walk across the floorboards
In the house I built from dirt
Every wall I patched together shows the cracks beneath the paint
Every truth I try to cover bleeds through colors I ain't made
I've been fixin' what I ruined, I've been losin' what I learn
But I still go and check the mail
Of the house I built from dirt
Maybe home ain't where you started
Maybe home is what you face
Maybe healing isn't perfect
Maybe pain don't leave a trace
Maybe I'm just layin' lumber
Over everything I burned
Tryna build a better future
In the house I built from dirt
Every wall I patched together shows the cracks beneath the paint
Every truth I try to cover bleeds through colors I can't fake
I've been fixin' what I ruined, I've been losin' what I learn
Trying to talk my way through it in the house I built to burn
Oh the house I built from dirt
In the house I built from dirt
In the house I built from dirt
