Hope is the thing with feathers
Until debris takes flight through the blast
Scorched shadows telling time forever
Disrupted silence from the flash

I’m finding out what matters
When the ground begins to shake
Broken homes crackin’ open
Shattered tiles about the place

It’s all been set in motion, once it’s lit
(enjoy the rise, enjoy the rise)
Try to see it rise until it is…

Happily Destroyed
Happily Destroyed

Happily Destroyed
Happily Destroyed

Can you hear liberty’s ballad
Or was it just the singing sand
Giving way to steel being twisted
Like wax paper in child’s hand

A fatcat frowns in disbelief
Skipping town in his jet to Nice
His visionary ship is ready to cast off
Named “ode to simplicity”

It’s all been set in motion, once the fuse is lit
(enjoy the rise, enjoy the rise)
Try to see it rise until it is…

Happily Destroyed
Happily Destroyed

Happily Destroyed
Happily Destroyed