We Build-Nichole Nordeman

[ti:We Build] [ar:Nichole Nordeman] [al:Double Take - Nichole Nordeman] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]We Build - Nichole Nordeman [00:10.64]It's bigger than we thought [00:14.94] [00:16.00]It's taller than it ought to be [00:20.12] [00:21.18]This pile of rubble and ruins [00:27.67] [00:31.37]The neighbors must talk [00:35.36] [00:36.17]It's the worst yard on the block [00:40.15] [00:41.38]Just branches and boards where walls stood [00:48.56] [00:51.73]Did it seem to you [00:56.83]Like the storm just knew [01:00.76]We weren't quite finished with the roof [01:05.61] [01:07.59]When it started [01:08.50] [01:17.16]So we build [01:21.92] [01:22.95]We build [01:26.90] [01:27.79]We clear away what was [01:31.58] [01:33.01]And make room for what will be [01:38.43]If you hold the nails I'll take the hammer [01:43.69]I'll hold it still if you'll climb the ladder [01:48.37] [01:49.23]If you will then I will build [01:55.05] [02:04.76]On any given day [02:09.60]We could simply walk away [02:14.10] [02:15.10]And let someone else hold the pieces [02:21.60] [02:25.84]The lie that we tell [02:28.65] [02:29.34]Says it's better somewhere else [02:34.14] [02:35.37]As if love flies south when it freezes [02:42.24] [02:45.59]What I'm trying to say [02:49.60] [02:50.48]In some clumsy way [02:54.38]Is that it's you and only you [02:59.35] [03:00.67]For always [03:03.00] [03:04.71]That's why we build [03:10.31] [03:11.25]We build [03:14.35] [03:16.21]We clear away what was [03:20.27] [03:21.38]And make room for what will be [03:25.53] [03:26.66]If you hold the nails I'll take the hammer [03:31.77]I'll hold it still if you'll climb the ladder [03:36.62] [03:37.57]If you will then I will build [03:43.14] [03:52.81]What I'm trying to say [03:56.38] [03:57.03]In some clumsy way [04:00.69]Is that it's you and only you not just for now [04:07.96]Not just today [04:10.40] [04:11.50]But it's you and only you [04:15.53] [04:17.51]For always [04:20.24] [04:22.67]So if you hold the nails I'll take the hammer [04:28.39]I'll hold it still if you'll climb the ladder and [04:34.01]If you will then I will build