Half-Built Buildings

Underneath the bed

Down through the basement

I can feel the shifting sand

Shake the foundation

Put foot out to the rug

Eyes to the horizon

But the only unchanging thing

Is that everything's changing

They tell me rock and roll is dead

But with my arms around you, babe

It's all night and into the day

It's never looking back again

Even when the outro fades

Oh, love

Is that how it goes?

Is that how it goes away?

You just notice too late?

Seven drag the sun

Through the half-built buildings

The night just gets so dark

Can't tell where we're standing anymore

I try to keep my balance, sure

Or just smile while I'm failing

'Cause the only unchanging thing

Is that everything's changing again

They say that rock and roll is dead

But wasn't it something then?

It was both feet out off of the ledge

It was never looking back again

It was screaming your name in the wind

It was turning the towers to ten

Yeah, with the wind just taking it in

Yeah, the wind giving nothing back

You just blink and it all goes black

Oh, love

Is that how it goes?

Is that how it goes away?

You just notice too late

That it's gone

And worse than just gone

There's a hole where it was

And you won't fill it up

Oh, love

What have I done?

Is that how it goes?

Turn your back and it's stolen?

Love

Yeah, that's how it goes

That's how it goes away

It's just gone when you wake up