Structural Integrity Songtext
von Otem Rellik

My pen is capped
The cradle of my past has snapped
Verotic wood, photographs painted black
In the back of my mind, misunderstood
And I′ve grown up with bad luck
The child is forced to choose
A noose or a neck tie
A hard place, or rocks in his shoes

Keep walking
I know the bigger picture can be daunting
Regrets will haunt a lesser man
When everything you want is out of hand

These palms have cradled tears
Touched death and felt fear
Ain't much left to look at and nothing to hold dear


My mother gave me an open mind
My father thick skin
My sister showed me compassion
My brother taught me sin
And these are the building blocks stacked with nervous hands
These will be my memories when my bones turn to sand

Here I am sitting in a dark room
Thumbin′ through these pictures of you
In the frozen moments I try hard to understand how you felt
I am reading maps inside your eyes
In colored images I try to read your mind
In these boxes of photos I can see
Part of you has become part of me

Before my structures fall
One day I'll stand tall
But I'm made with cracks in the walls

Before my structures fall
One day I′ll stand tall
But I′m made with cracks in the walls

I got eyes and ears and insides
I got hands and I got peace of mind
I am made up of all these things
Part of you has become part of me


I got eyes and ears and insides
I got hands and I got peace of mind
I am made up of all these things
Part of you has become part of me

We folded up the boxes in the late afternoon
The sun shone brightly through the windows as we thought of you
We folded up the boxes in the late afternoon
The sun shone brightly through the windows as I thought of you