[Verse 1]

The birds have left their trees

The light pours onto me

I can feel you lying there all on your own

We got here the hard way

All those words that we exchange

Is it any wonders things get broke?

[Pre-Chorus]

'Cause in my heart and in my head

I'll never take back the things I said

So high above, I feel it coming down

She said, in my heart and in my head

Tell me why this has to end

Oh, no

Oh, no

[Chorus]

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 it down

Oh, no, oh, no, oh, no

I can't save us

Oh, no, oh, no, oh, no

Oh, no

I can't save us

[Verse 2]

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

[Pre-Chorus]

It's in my heart and in my head

You can't take back the things you said

So high above, I feel it coming down

She said, in my heart and in my head

Tell me why this has to end

Oh, no, oh, no

[Chorus]

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 it down

[Bridge]

And we build it up and we build it up

And we build it up to pull it down

And we build it up and we build it up

And we build it up to pull it down

Oh, no, oh, no, oh, no

I can't save us

Oh, no, oh, no, oh, no

Oh, no

I can't save us

[Chorus]

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 it down (Ooh)