[Verse 1]

Today, I climb the highest mountain I have ever climbed

And I turned to look at ruins I had left behind

And you, where were you so far removed from any truth

I lost you, didn't I?

First I think I lost myself

[Verse 2]

Children, then and forever locked in a memory

Holdin' that mirror searching for some kind of certainty

That you were just the same as everyone

But you were wrong

And it hurt you, didn't it?

All you couldn't be

[Chorus]

Ruins

Ooh

Ruins

Ooh

[Verse 3]

I tried to hold on to some kind of dignity

Too long I waded through a vast and endless sea

Thinking I could find the secret there within

But I gave up, didn't I?

It seemed the only way

[Verse 4]

Ruins, all the things we built assured that they would last

Standing amongst ticket stubs

And written notes and photographs

And where are you in here

Somewhere I cannot go

I am sorry, I am

But I don't take it back

[Verse 5]

And in the night I hear your voice

Sometimes but it quickly passes

In dreams I saw what I had thought

Could be some kind of answer

You try and try and try

Until you cannot try no more

Captured in our own

[Chorus]

Ruins

Ooh

Ruins

Ooh

Ruins