Songfacts®:

• This is a collaboration between Train vocalist Pat Monahan and the Norwegian songwriting duo Espionage. The trio also penned Train's smash hit "Hey Soul Sister."
• Monahan told The Huffington Post the inspiration for the lyrics came from a New York building. He recalled: "I was looking out at this building in Manhattan in Times Square, and I was listening to this track they made for me, and as I heard it, it was really inspiring. It felt like a hurricane in the South that was a symbol for a relationship, and the work it takes to rebuild it is enormous, but it's worth it. I said, 'Dudes, I know everything about this song, I just sang every word of it to myself while listening to your music.' These dudes were from Norway, and they were like, 'What did you think about, I would like to know?' and I just said, 'Man, this song is called 'Brick By Brick' and this is what it sounds like.'"