It would seem that the singer is grieving over a broken relationship that he incessantly tried to protect and preserve. This is evident when he mentions:
I built this house on the shore
All I want was more
But I felt the sand start shifting
I saw the cracks in the walls
I painted over them all
I tried my best to just ignore
I can't ignore
Unfortunately his significant other had other plans and left him to try to keep the love they built solely on his shoulders and now he's buried beneath the unrequited love and this is noticed by the lines:
Finally breaking so where are you now
It's been such a long time
But I've tried to live without
I'm suffocating I need you to breathe
So reach down and pull me up
Pull me up before I am buried beneath
It's a painful song overall and something many of us live with.
It would seem that the singer is grieving over a broken relationship that he incessantly tried to protect and preserve. This is evident when he mentions:
I built this house on the shore All I want was more But I felt the sand start shifting I saw the cracks in the walls I painted over them all I tried my best to just ignore I can't ignore
Unfortunately his significant other had other plans and left him to try to keep the love they built solely on his shoulders and now he's buried beneath the unrequited love and this is noticed by the lines:
Finally breaking so where are you now It's been such a long time But I've tried to live without I'm suffocating I need you to breathe So reach down and pull me up Pull me up before I am buried beneath
It's a painful song overall and something many of us live with.