A tall thing that could rise to any occasion   Something unspoken, a whisper always heard   And you and I cherish this thing more than forever   Smarting, it stings now in the pass      And if we tear this kingdom down, tear it down   Let it be with a deserving and joyous sound      Whistling river in the split of a desert drying   A mirror to reflect what you always must see   And paradise we agreed was a portrait of the two of us   Well the pictures are fragile and the ideas taking the trees      And if we tear this kingdom down, tear it down   Let it be with a deserving and joyous sound      In the form of this burned up basement   we'll mourn all that used to be   And the chalk scrawls out the shape of our bodies   And the crows move faster than we can see      And if we tear this kingdom down, tear it down   Let it be with a deserving and joyous sound      In the midst of this deadly hunger   I am starving for a feast   But from the distance a dusk is rapidly approaching   Promising cold only after it cuts      And if we tear this kingdom down, tear it down   Let it be with a deserving and joyous sound