Ruins
Matt Pond PA Lyrics

Were you just being funny
Questioning whether the person's actions were intended as a joke

When you cut down my tree?
Asking if the destruction of something meaningful was a deliberate act

I was hanging my hat there
Indicating a sense of attachment to the now-destroyed object

On a bent knee
Emphasizing the intimacy and vulnerability associated with the destroyed object

There's so much I don't know
Admitting a lack of understanding or awareness

I'll be tracing my outline
Reflecting on oneself in relation to the unknown

In the sunshine
Optimistically facing the future despite uncertainty

Now I'm searching through empty pockets
Describing the feeling of being left with nothing after someone's departure

They fill me up with your ghost
Feeling haunted by the memories of the departed person

I'll make a ladder
Resolve to move forward despite difficulty and loss

Climb these words here
Using language and art as a means to improve oneself and heal

Take it higher
Aspiring to rise above the pain and loss

Oh, have mercy
A plea for help or mercy in dealing with the struggle

When you put me to sleep?
Asking if the person's actions caused emotional disengagement or numbness

I was staring the sky down
Feeling a sense of disorientation and detachment from reality

Through the dark leaves
Suggesting a sense of hiding or evasion

If it matters
Questioning the importance of something in the face of destruction

I'll knock the dust off
Determined to clean up and restore something following damage

Clean my curses
Eliminating negative thought patterns and emotions

Please, have mercy
A desperate plea for help or relief from the pain

You make and break me a million pieces
Describing the extreme emotional turmoil caused by the person

Let 'em shine, let 'em shine
Accepting and embracing the vulnerability and fragility of oneself

You push, you tear the walls around me
Acknowledging the destructive nature of the person, both physically and emotionally

Ruins in the starry skies
Associating the aftermath of the person's actions with a permanent sense of damage and loss

Now we're disappearing
Expressing a sense of dissolution or fading away

Strictly speaking the vague lines of ghosts
Reflecting on the unclear and incomplete nature of memory and past experiences

You were talking 'bout heaven
The other person promised something positive, but the reality suggests otherwise

All I see is unknown
Self-explanatory, indicating confusion and uncertainty

Through clouds, surrendering reason
Giving up logic and rationality and allowing emotions to take over

The emptiness keeps us afloat
Despite feeling lost and ungrounded, there is a sense of freedom and weightlessness

All I see is unknown
Repeating the sense of confusion and disorientation in the face of the unknown