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Architecture of lies Lyrics
I used to think one day I'd learn the truth about life
Nailed everything I saw to the wall of certainties
Then life came along and casually pulled down
My house
Used to think I would understand things
Now I learned there´s nothing to be understood
Then I believed everything I touched
Was a lie impossible to live up to
Pull down brick by brick
The fence around my life
Burnt the flowers ´cos I thought
I thought they were alibis
Used to think I would understand things
Now I learned there´s nothing to be understood
Now I observe constructions around me
The architecture of sophisticated lives
Warehouses to pile up mistakes
Woodsheds to hide the dreams we give up on
Used to think I would understand things
Now I learned there´s nothing to be understood
I used to think one day I'd get to be something
Now there's nothing that I wanna be
There's nothing I can be 'cos I'm nothing
there's nothing I can be, not worth trying
Nailed everything I saw to the wall of certainties
Then life came along and casually pulled down
My house
Now I learned there´s nothing to be understood
Then I believed everything I touched
Was a lie impossible to live up to
Pull down brick by brick
The fence around my life
Burnt the flowers ´cos I thought
I thought they were alibis
Now I learned there´s nothing to be understood
The architecture of sophisticated lives
Warehouses to pile up mistakes
Woodsheds to hide the dreams we give up on
Now I learned there´s nothing to be understood
I used to think one day I'd get to be something
Now there's nothing that I wanna be
There's nothing I can be 'cos I'm nothing
there's nothing I can be, not worth trying
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Cool "nihilist" song, love the metaphors she used (the founce around my life, woodsheds to hide the dreams we give up on). The fact is, one takes a long time in this life to understand there's nothing to be understood... and to live with that.