Cantilever Heart

[Verse 1]
The salt eats the chalk from my Vauban seams.
You trace the outline of your borrowed dreams.
Every Tuesday, just after the six o'clock bell,
A temporary blueprint for a private hell.

[Pre-Chorus]
And the cold of my granite seeps into your back,
A stress test showing every single crack.
You press your ear to the stone just to listen,
To the silence where a promise has gone missin'.

[Chorus]
I'm the retaining wall
For the weight of it all.
I take the pressure on,
'Til the chalk lines are gone.

[Verse 2]
The tour guides talk of sieges, cannon-fire.
They don't see the architecture of desire.
"'He's just late,' you said," to the passing gulls,
While the Atlantic tide just waits and pulls.

[Pre-Chorus]
And the cold of my granite seeps into your back,
A stress test showing every single crack.
You press your ear to the stone just to listen,
To the silence where a promise has gone missin'.

[Chorus]
I'm the retaining wall
For the weight of it all.
I take the pressure on,
'Til the chalk lines are gone.

[Bridge]
They built me from the bedrock, course by course,
To hold the line against an outside force.
But this demolition happens from inside.
There's nowhere left for you to run or hide.

[Outro]
The rain comes.
The chalk lines run.