I hear they're tearing down a monument
Of someone better off forgot
Cold in stone looking stone cold sober
In pieces in a parking lot
We all got a little history
Hidden in the corners of our hearts
Even to ourselves a mystery
We wish that it was over
But we know it's just the start
Break us apart
I'd rather be a ruin
Than a piece of you
For all we are
Let's fall apart
The light is breaking through the cracks
Silent in a hollow space
Never not under attack
Just waiting for the light of day
Let out the dark
Break us apart
I'd rather be a ruin
Than a piece of you
For all we are
Let's fall apart
I'd rather be a ruin
Than a piece of you
I've been holding on to you like you held on to me
Just a shadow of a shadow's pose
Chained to one another fearing what freedom could mean
But now I'd crush the past to dust just to know
I'd rather be a ruin
I'd rather be a ruin
I'd rather be a ruin
Than a piece of you
I'd rather be a ruin
I'd rather be a ruin
I'd rather be a ruin
Than a piece of you
I'd rather be a ruin
I'd rather be a ruin
I'd rather be a ruin
Than a piece of you
I'd rather be a ruin
I'd rather be a ruin
I'd rather be a ruin
Than a piece of you
I'm gonna tear me down a monument
Of someone that I know we're not