So, I laid it all right out for you
I built it all right up
I said “It’s up to you to to fill your loving cup.”
I did it all with care and love
I did it all, all on my own.
Laid the groundwork for your life
Built it all up with my two hands
I even have the scars to prove it
These hands of modern man’s.
I laid the groundwork for your life
Poured the cement with all my heart
It’s not my fault you walked away
Troubled from the start.
You’re the one who pushed away
You’re the one who scoffed
You’re the one who left me lonely
You’ll be the one left off.
I laid it all out for you
I built it all up
It’s up to you to do something
To fill your winner’s cup.
Only doing what I thought was right
I was not up for the fight
I couldn’t push you down
My heart was just not in it.
Where you go from here is on you
You’re on your proving ground
The air’s been sucked from this room
So thin, there is no sound.
I did it all with care and love
I did it all, all of it on my own.
Laid the groundwork for your life
Built it all up with these two hands
I even have the scars to prove it
These hands of modern man’s.
I laid the groundwork for your life
Poured the cement with all my heart
It’s not my fault you walked away
Troubled from the start.