Let's lay a brick at a time
We'll build a wall
Who cares what it will divide?
We'll build it tall

One day all
Of the cracks
Will add up
To collapse
Maybe then
We can learn

But all we know
Is how to take a sin
and give it a new spin
and when the world comes caving in
we'll be singin'

God look what we made
We're building on mistakes
Manipulate
Til something comes right
Will something come out right
If this is the wrong way?

Let's have a race to the stars
and right back down
Too busy aiming for scars
To break new ground

For everyone that claims
There's no escape
It's just the way we're made
Here's what I say..

You're gonna get it now
So bent you have to break
Can't keep your twisted shape
Don't you dare close your eyes
Don't you dare close your eyes
Don't you dare close your eyes
Don't you dare close your eyes
You can pray
You can pray
You can pray all you like
But it won't mean a thing singin'

God look what we made
We're building on mistakes
Manipulate
'Til something goes our way
It's something great
At least that's what we claim
This thing we made
We built it on mistakes