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Fortress Lyrics
Your heart is like a fortress
You keep your feelings locked away
Is it easier?
Does it make you feel safe?
You wander through the darkness
Of wilderness behind your eyes
I know you’re afraid
But you gotta move on
Every fortress falls
It is not the end
It ain't if you fall
But how you rise that says
Who you really are
So get up and come through
If ever your fortress caves
You're always safe
I believe I know you
Yet I don't truly know myself
I pray you won't feel as alone
As I have felt
I don't want to fail you so
I tell you the awful truth
Everyone faces darkness on their own
As I have done, so will you
Every fortress falls
It is not the end
It ain't if you fall
But how you rise that says
Who you really are
So get up and come through
If ever your fortress caves
You're always safe in mine
The Earth spins 'round the sun
And behind everything happens
Every night that falls breaks
To sunrise
If your fortress is under siege
You can always run to me
If your fortress is under siege
You can always run
Every fortress falls
It is not the end
It ain't if you fall
But how you rise that says
Who you really are
So get up and come through
If ever your fortress caves
You're always safe in mine
If ever your fortress caves
You're always safe in mine
If ever your fortress caves
You're always safe in mine
Come on through
Come on through
You keep your feelings locked away
Is it easier?
Does it make you feel safe?
Of wilderness behind your eyes
I know you’re afraid
But you gotta move on
It is not the end
It ain't if you fall
But how you rise that says
Who you really are
So get up and come through
If ever your fortress caves
You're always safe
Yet I don't truly know myself
I pray you won't feel as alone
As I have felt
I tell you the awful truth
Everyone faces darkness on their own
As I have done, so will you
It is not the end
It ain't if you fall
But how you rise that says
Who you really are
So get up and come through
If ever your fortress caves
You're always safe in mine
And behind everything happens
Every night that falls breaks
To sunrise
You can always run to me
If your fortress is under siege
You can always run
It is not the end
It ain't if you fall
But how you rise that says
Who you really are
So get up and come through
If ever your fortress caves
You're always safe in mine
If ever your fortress caves
You're always safe in mine
If ever your fortress caves
You're always safe in mine
Come on through
Come on through
Beautiful song, basically about how everyone faces their demons and it's hard and we all eventually falter through them after having built up our own 'fortress' for so long, but what's important is how we get up and move past them. The aftermath is what defines our true character and it's what matters at the end of the day.