Lyrics

I built my walls of high and strong
Stone by stone, year by year, so long
From the tower I could see it all
But I felt no rise when others fell

I kept my heart behind iron doors
Safe from the ache I'd known before
I thought the height would keep me above
Till you lit the ground with a violent fire of love
The night turned red, the sky burned through
Every rule I made came undone by you

It was a tower and a violent fire of love
I was standing but it wasn't enough
Flames climbed fast, breached my throne
Turned all my strength into skin and bone
Yeah, a tower and a violent fire of love
I tried to run but I couldn't rise
Burned my pride, you broke my code
You showed me the truth in a violent fire of love

Way up high I called the control
But I couldn't hear my own heart's call
You didn't shout, you didn't fight
You just held the match in the quiet night
When sparks flew up and the stones grew warm
I felt alive in the coming storm
The higher I stood, the harder I fell
But your arms were waiting when the tower fell

Ashes rain where I used to stand
But in the smoke I reached for your hand

It was a tower and a violent fire of love
I was standing but it wasn't enough
Flames climbed fast, reached my throne
Turned all my strength into skin and bone
Yeah, a tower and a violent fire of love
I tried to run but I couldn't rise
Burned my pride, you broke my code
You showed me the truth in a violent fire of love

Let it burn what's false, let it burn what's cold
Let it take the lies I've always told
If I'm left with nothing but you and me
That's a better place than my tower used to be

I don't need a crown, I don't need a view
Just the heat of love and the light of you

It was a tower and a violent fire
Now the tower's gone, I'm rising above
From the burning ground to a brand new start
You forged a home in my open heart
Yeah, a tower and a violent fire
Not destruction but what I was dreaming of
You burned me clean, you set me free
Now I stand in the glow of a violent fire of love

Let it burn, let it stay