Burn It Down

Don't call me if you miss me

Don't call me just to kiss me

Honey, if you're listening

I did all that I can

This just ain't no way to live

Never get back everything I give

Turns out, you just can't make a kid

Love you like a man

So I burn it down, down, down

That house on the hillside

'Cause the Lord knows that I tried to make it what it wasn't

And all those wild, wild flowers

I crushed 'em up in my hands

Everybody knows I could never go down in silence

Remember what I said

I won't be there, I won't be there, I won't be there

And if there's one thing that I know for sure

One day, this will hurt you more

I'll know that I did all I could do

I've said my peace, said my farewell

And I won't be at the wishing well

When you're begging God to bring me back to you

'Cause I burn it down, down, down

That house on the hillside

'Cause the Lord knows that I tried to make it what it wasn't

And all those wild, wild flowers

I crushed 'em up in my hands

Everybody knows I could never go down in silence

Remember what I said

I won't be there, I won't be there, I won't be there

Don't you worry 'bout me, it ain't all that bad

You're the one that lost the best thing you ever had

So I'll keep you like a secret in the back of my mind

Tell you like a story when I'm bored sometimes

'Member how I loved you when I was naive?

But the truth is, you were never good enough for me

Wish that I could say that I wished you well

But I just can't go lying to myself

So I burn it down, down, down

That house on the hillside

'Cause the Lord knows that I tried to make it what it wasn't

And all those wild, wild flowers

I crushed 'em up in my hands

Everybody knows I could never go down in silence

Remember what I said

I won't be there, I won't be there, I won't be there

I won't be there, I won't be there, I won't be there

I won't be there, I won't be there, I won't be there

I won't be there, I won't be there, I won't be there