[Verse 1]
I told the inspector it was surface spall
Just cosmetic crack, nothing structural at all
Like efflorescence on the CMU
I never checked if the steel ran through

[Chorus]
Then the footing heaved when she pulled the rebar out
Settlement cracks running floor to floor
I thought she was veneer, just stucco and grout
Now I'm bracing walls that won't stand anymore
She was load-bearing, holding the line
My structural analysis declined

[Verse 2]
I tried to patch it with Quikrete and hope
But you can't retrofit what you never scoped
The frost line sank where the foundation failed
R-value zero when that love exhaled

[Bridge - building intensity]
Just cosmetic, I said it from the start
Now the whole thing's shifting, falling apart

[Outro]
Now I'm living in a house red-tagged by the city
Waiting on permits that won't ever come
The slab's cracked through and it sure ain't pretty
Load-bearing failure... and I'm the dumb one