The White Stripes - broken bricks

노래는 과거의 소중한 순간과 아픔이 얽힌 장소를 발견하는 이야기로 시작된다
그곳에서의 회상, 가족의 다양한 경험을 언급하며 정체성을 되새기지만, 결국 그 장소에서의 기억이 슬프고 괴롭다는 점을 강조한다
마지막으로, 그곳은 가고 싶지 않은 장소라고 경고하며 마무리된다

Well, have you been to the broken bricks, girl?
Snack down through the cyclone fence
Past the caution tape and the security gate
Backwards to the breakroom bench
Well, there's a little corner where you first got kissed
And felt your boyfriend's fist and made the company list
And there's a little spot where your dad ate lunch
And your brother landed his first punch yeah, yeah, yeah
Well, have you been to the broken bricks, girl?
Seen the barrels that they left behind?
Seen the machine that cut aluminum clean
And got tape from the caution sign?
A broken-tooth window pane
Just a rusty-colored rain that drives a man insane
You try to jump over water, but you land in oil
Climb the ladder up a broken crane yeah, yeah, yeah
Don't go to the broken bricks, girl
It's not the place that you want to be
Think about the spot your father spent his life
Demolition calls it "Building C"
Demolition calls it "Building C" now
Demolition calls it "Building C" now
Yeah