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Fortress Lyrics by ILLENIUM

Ashes

2016

[Verse]
No light in the distance
We were shadows holding on (Holding on)
All the things I resisted now far from gone (Far from gone)

[Chorus]
Armor on, you use your heart as a fortress
Ticking bombs, all the weapons are useless
So can you just let down your guard
Before everything is marred?
Armor on, you use your heart as a fortress

[Post-Chorus]
How'd you get so far away from me?
How'd you get so far away from me?
(Oh, oh)
How'd you get so far?
(Oh, oh)
How'd you get so far away?

[Drop]
How'd you get so far away?
You use your heart as a fortress
You use your heart as a fortress
You use your heart as a fortress

[Bridge]
(Oh, oh)
How'd you get so far?
(Oh, oh)
How'd you get so far?
Armor on, you use your heart as a fortress
Ticking bombs, all the weapons are useless

[Drop]

[Chorus]
All the weapons are useless
You use your heart as a fortress
So can you just let down your guard
Before everything is marred?
Armor on, you use your heart as a fortress

[Outro]
(Oh, oh)
You use your heart as a fortress
(Oh, oh)
You use your heart as a fortress
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About “Fortress” by ILLENIUM

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"Fortress" is credited to ILLENIUM. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"Fortress" appears on "Ashes" in 2016.

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