atlantis

i can't save us, my Atlantis, we fall
we built this town on shaky ground
i can't save us, my Atlantis, oh no
we built it up to pull down

now all the birds have fled
the hurt just leaves me scared
losing everything i've ever known
it's all become too much
maybe i'm not built for love
if i knew that i could reach you, i would go

" i need you to learn to face your fears, not build homes with shaky foundations and spend your entire life praying that it won't collapse because it will.  it will come crumbling down just the way you expected — perhaps not the way you envisioned, but you saw it coming all the same — and when you're left in the ruins trying to fathom how things fell apart, you'll begin to understand that the foundations you built could never really withstand thunderstorms in the first place; and you'll begin to see that these foundations can only be sturdily constructed with time and endurance and not hastily put together in momentary indulgence; and sometimes jumping and falling into things doesn't really get you anywhere. " 

it's been almost a year and i can't help but wish i had this song right then and there but i also hope i never have to feel this way again