Take a look read a book paint a picture
Build a life find a wife make a name for myself
I don't know, the future don't look quite as clear

Get it, right, make it bright, make it bigger
(I) Wanna live, wanna give, something more than myself
I don't know, there's gotta be more than here

How did I, I get here?
Built my kingdom tier by tier
It's hard to realize, that everything I have
Are castles made of sand

Get a job, buy a house, find a career
Drive a car, travel far without a care for myself
All I know vanity is so surreal

I've been hurt, I've been beat, I've been bitter
I'm not alone, don't condone, but I've lied to myself
All I know, there's more to life than what I feel

How did I, I get here?
Built my kingdom tier by tier
It's hard to realize, that everything I have
Are castles made of sand

Lost in a mirror, an image I just can't find
Drowned in possessions, controlling of my mind
What beats inside seems real and true
But what is the cost if you possess, possesses you

How did I, I get here?
Built my kingdom tier by tier
It's hard to realize, that everything I have
Are castles made of sand

Break me from these chains
Break me from these chains
Break me from these chains
Break me from these chains

How did I, I get here?
Built my kingdom tier by tier
It's hard to realize, that everything I have
Are castles made of sand