Ruins

We built this city brick by brick It's kind of funny, isn't it? How we almost had it all? We worked our fingers to the bone We made a castle of our own But then we watched this kingdom fall It's the crying that reminds us we're alive It's the cracks that let the light in sometimes But I can see the diamonds in the dust There's beauty in the ruins of us And darling, that's just how it goes It's one door opened, one door closed It's nothing tragic in the end So go ahead and say goodbye 'Cause there's an empire in my mind And I can build it all again It's the crying that reminds us we're alive It's the cracks that let the light in sometimes I can see the diamonds in the dust There's beauty in the ruins of us And maybe life is what you make it You know this heart can take the flames But just remember once you break it It won't ever be the same It's the crying that reminds us we're alive It's the cracks that let the light in sometimes I can see the diamonds in the dust There's beauty in the ruins of us