Story Behind The Song

This is the first song ever co-written by the Kerosene Kites collaborators. It's based on the concept that people subtly (and sometimes not-so-subtly) start to sabotage relationships that aren't healthy, and eventually create enough reasons to get out. This tactic typically ends in disaster. Fortunately the song itself wasn't a disaster and Erik and Beth began a prolific co-writing journey.

Lyrics

I'm trying to forget you
But my weary mind is making it a chore
The closer that I got to you
The more I saw the scars that you wore
It was such a nice facade too bad
It couldn't stand the cold winds of the fall
And when it all came crashing down
I found my hands they held the wrecking ball

Bricks and rubble, dust and smoke
The air around here makes me choke
You can run but you can't escape
The crumbling walls   
When I am the wrecking ball
I am the wrecking ball

If I could go back in time
And see you with these sad and jaded eyes
I would see the cracks in your foundation
Aren't worth filling with my time
I would stop my hellbent hands from
Stacking sticks and straw upon a gaping hole
Should have knocked it to the ground
The moment I became the wrecking ball

Bricks and rubble, dust and smoke
The air around here makes me choke
You can run but you can't escape
The crumbling walls   
When I am the wrecking ball
I am the wrecking ball

I try to picture your face without
The judgement or the blame
Without you looking down on me
Without the constant disapproval
And its so beautiful, its so beautiful

Now it's
Bricks and rubble, dust and smoke
The air around here makes me choke
You can run but you can't escape
The crumbling walls   
When I am the wrecking ball
I am the wrecking ball
I am the wrecking ball