Cracks in the rafters So much for ever afters Cracks in the rafters of our home Weeds in the rafters So much for ever afters Ivy's overgrown left me alone I guess I'm not the man you thought I was I'll show what I can do Next time around I haven't been the person that I wanted to be And so I'll try again When I go back around ♪ Well it's times like these I sit and stop and ask myself If I fell in the street Would you help me up, or would you walk on by? ♪ And in the mirror I only see my former self A boy who's pure of heart A brand new start Spring in his step A sparkle in his eye And the ivy creeps through the cracks in the bricks In the house that I once called home And for once in my life I'm glad I'm moving on Cracks in the rafters So much for ever afters Cracks in the rafters of our home Weeds in the rafters So much for ever afters Ivy's overgrown left me alone ♪ In a cemetery there lies a lonely grave plot No room for flowers here As the overgrowth outreaches to the sky ♪ As I trace the steps before our favourite meeting spot I start to realise That under this disguise The soul forgotten here is I And the ivy creeps through the cracks in the bricks In the house that I once called home And for once in my life I'm glad I'm moving on Cracks in the rafters So much for ever afters Cracks in the rafters of our home Weeds in the rafters So much for ever afters Ivy's overgrown left me alone (So alone) ♪ Cracks in the rafters So much for ever afters Cracks in the rafters of our home Weeds in the rafters So much for ever afters Ivy's overgrown left me alone Cracks in the rafters So much for ever afters Cracks in the rafters of our home Weeds in the rafters So much for ever afters Ivy's overgrown left me alone