Hollow Beams

You stood there in the silence, a monument to compliance

Watched the cracks begin to form and called it just a summer storm

You held the paint, you patched the wall, you smiled and stood up straight and tall

Pretending not to see the rot, happy with the lie you bought.

Your foundation is a lie, built on a hollow compromise

And when this whole house falls, don't you dare say you're surprised

You're just a hollow beam, holding up the shame

And I won't be the one to whisper your name.

You loved the comfort of the place, the respectable facade

You chose the quiet damnation over a war sent from a god

You told me I was rocking boats, you told me to be still

While the poison in the water slowly came to drink its fill.

Your foundation is a lie, built on a hollow compromise

And when this whole house falls, don't you dare say you're surprised

You're just a hollow beam, holding up the shame

And I won't be the one to whisper your name.

Now the floor is giving out, the roof is caving in

And you're still standing in the wreckage where the rot had first set in

I'm already outside, baby, I am breathing in the air

And I will not feel guilty for the prison you won't share.

Your foundation is a lie, built on a hollow compromise

And when this whole house falls, don't you dare say you're surprised

You're just a hollow beam, holding up the shame

And I won't be the one to whisper your name.