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To Build A House Lyrics by COSIMA

2017

[Verse 1]
While you were gone I washed all the windows
So I could get a better view of your return
While you were gone I changed all the bed sheets
So I could lie without the anger as I turn
I reset the clocks so I could forgive you for being late
But the moment they stop is the moment you tell me to have some faith
[Chorus]
To build a house on quicksand
That's what you're asking me to do
To give you the heart you've broken
How can that feel alright to you?
[Verse 2]
In the end, I let the windows get dirty
I couldn't stand to see your absence through the glass
And in the end, I learned to sleep with the light off
So tired from giving space to shadows of the past
I used to reset the clocks so I could forgive you for being late
Then the moment I stop is the moment you tell me to have some faith
[Chorus]
To build a house on quick sand
That's what you're asking me to do
To give you the heart you've broken
How can that feel alright to you?
[Verse 3]
Do I wait for you?
Does that comfort me?
Do I see you through?
Or do I walk on by?
Can I flick the switch?
And forget your name?
Do I crawl right back
When I know that there's no safety in your arms?
[Chorus]
To build a house on quick sand
That's what your asking me to do
To give you the heart you've broken
How can that feel alright to you?
[Outro]
How can that feel alright
How can that feel alright
How can that feel alright to you?
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COSIMA

COSIMA

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