You build it up to tear it down And give it almost all you have And keep the most important piece So failure won't have all its sting Summer's coming winter's running Keep her near you, dont kill the fear It's afternoon on 101 Floor heat on and windows down The sun has two more hours of life Before its last dying breath She is smiling, salty air is Filling our lungs, life is open She leaned over and whispered to me So softly, wouldn't it be nice It's almost more then i can stand It's hard to take all of it in I'm trying to find the monkeys hand To keep the beauty from ten And say maybe someday i'll be lucky It's not my fault i'm still stuck here Summer's coming, winter's running Keep her near you, dont kill the fear