You know you´re fighting in a losing battle
Making a noose out of your hollow crown
I hold a match up to your paper castle
And watch it all burn down, down, down
You know you’re fighting in a losing battle

Making a noose out of your hollow crown
I hold a match up to your paper castle
And watch it all burn down, down, down
Down, down, down

T-tell me what you see, my dear, my dear
Is there anyone you trust ´round here, ´round here
Keep a knife under your pillow, the sharks and the minnows
Smell blood in the water ’round here, ´round here
And tell me who you´re fighting right now, right now
You got everyone against you somehow, somehow
It´s become an obsession, look at your reflection
And look who you´re becoming right now, right now (Oh)

I could´ve been who you trusted (Oh)
I could´ve been who you need right now (Oh)
But you pushed me away, yeah, you lost me (Oh)
And now you´re lost

You know you’re fighting in a losing battle
Making a noose out of your hollow crown
I hold a match up to your paper castle
And watch it all burn down, down, down
You know you’re fighting in a losing battle
Making a noose out of your hollow crown
I hold a match up to your paper castle
And watch it all burn down, down, down
Down, down, down

A funny kind of love, my dear, my dear
Got a kick out of the taste of my tears out here

Thought you had to play a villain, running from your feelings
But I´m walking on my own, no fear, no fear (Oh)

I could’ve been who you trusted (Oh)
(I could´ve been who you trusted)
I could´ve been who you need right now (Oh)
But you pushed me away, yeah, you lost me (Oh)
And now you´re lost

You know you’re fighting in a losing battle
Making a noose out of your hollow crown
I hold a match up to your paper castle
And watch it all burn down, down, down
You know you´re fighting in a losing battle
Making a noose out of your hollow crown
I hold a match up to your paper castle
And watch it all burn down, down, down

Down, down, down