Glass Castle Walls

I count the steps from the station to the door

Seven hundred, maybe more

The concrete pavement feels like ice tonight

Underneath the orange street light

I hold the key, cold metal in my palm

A heavy price for this quiet calm

Up on the thirty-second floor

We don't ask questions anymore

The view is perfect, so they say

A grid of lights that fade to gray

But in the reflection of the glass

I watch my own ghosts slowly pass

We traded wild hearts for a frame

A secure address, a borrowed name

But the air inside is getting thin

Where does the city end, where do I begin?

Behind these glass castle walls

I can't hear the wind when it calls

We are safe, we are bound

By the silence, by the ground

We bought the view, we sold the sky

Living a beautiful, polished lie

Oh, the glass castle walls

Standing tall, standing tall

Until it falls

There's a crack in the ceiling paint

A tiny flaw, a whisper faint

It looks like a river on a map

Or the closing of a trap

You sleep beside me, breathing deep

Promises we couldn't keep

Are floating in the stagnant air

Does it matter if it isn't fair?

We wanted shelter, we wanted stone

Now we are together, and alone

Behind these glass castle walls

I can't hear the wind when it calls

We are safe, we are bound

By the silence, by the ground

We bought the view, we sold the sky

Living a beautiful, polished lie

Oh, the glass castle walls

Standing tall, standing tall

What if the foundation is just sand?

Slipping through a desperate hand

I want to open the window wide

Let the chaos from the outside

Rush in and break the spell

Are we in heaven or a gilded cell?

The higher we go, the harder we freeze

Begging for something, down on our knees

Behind these glass castle walls

I can't hear the wind when it calls

We are safe, we are bound

By the silence, by the ground

We bought the view, we sold the sky

Living a beautiful, polished lie

Oh, the glass castle walls

Standing tall

Just look at the lights

They burn so bright

Burning out my eyes

Glass walls

Safe

So safe