Arising from a discussion about what to do twith the old farmhouse, which is abandoned and slowly falling apart...

[Verse 1]
Burn the old house down
It’s a ruin
The termites are eating
The palings one by one

The weatherboards are rotten
The verandah fell away
Swallows in the bedrooms
And junk under the floor

[Pre-Chorus]
Thirty years of silence
Seeping through the frame
A day or so more
Can’t change the name

[Chorus]
Let it go, let it go
Ruin on the hill
Let it go, let it go
The bones are standing still
One more night, one more dawn
Then the dust can move on
Let it go, let it go
Ruin on the hill

[Verse 2]
There’s no one left to lock it
No one left to care
Old paint on the rafters
Rain in every stair

A big fire would be brutal
Yeah, brutal as they come
But the job’s already over
The house is nearly done

[Pre-Chorus]
Thistles at the threshold
Cold light in the halls
Nothing here is waiting
Nothing calls

[Chorus]
Let it go, let it go
Ruin on the hill
Let it go, let it go
The bones are standing still
One more night, one more dawn
Then the dust can move on
Let it go, let it go
Ruin on the hill

[Bridge]
Leave the nails in the timber
Leave the birds their room
If the roof caves in by morning
It will meet its moon

No more keys in pockets
No more names on the door
Just the wind through the framing
And the floor no more

[Final Chorus]
Let it go, let it go
Ruin on the hill
Let it go, let it go
The bones are standing still
One more night, one more dawn
Then the dust can move on
Let it go, let it go
Ruin on the hill