Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song House on Fire, artist - Assemblage 23.
Date of issue: 29.03.2001
Song language: English
House on Fire |
Sifting through the ashes |
With unsteady hands |
Searching for the remnants |
Of a broken man |
A history of hollow lives |
And low ideals |
A backlog of wrongdoing |
We can never conceal |
I stand up |
And walk away from the dross |
Towards the doorway |
Of our mutual and harrowing loss |
The only way I know |
To shake myself of this curse |
Is to bring myself to something |
That is measurably worse |
I sought refuge in a house on fire |
I took shelter in a wall of flame |
I built a prison in my own subconscious |
There’s nothing else left |
Nothing else left to blame |
Nothing else left |
Emerging from the wreckage |
Of a life that once was |
Confounded by the damage |
My own psyche does |
I bear the scars |
Of an insufferable will |
And the tyrannical reign |
It threatens to instill |
Some seek control |
By grabbing hold of their lives |
In a futile attempt |
To help themselves survive |
I dig myself |
Into a much deeper hole |
Running from a fate |
That I can never control |
I sought refuge in a house on fire |
I took shelter in a wall of flame |
I built a prison in my own subconscious |
There’s nothing else left |
Nothing else left to blame |
Nothing else left |
I woke up |
In a column of ash |
While the world came down |
In a horrible crash |
I was naive |
For ever wanting this much |
Using self-deception |
As my only crutch |
Footsteps diverge |
From the path they once walked |
Words are eclipsed |
By the language they talked |
Actions betrayed |
By promises broken |
Flames consume intentions |
Best left unspoken |
I sought refuge in a house on fire |
I took shelter in a wall of flame |
I built a prison in my own subconscious |
There’s nothing else left |
Nothing else left to blame |
Nothing else left to blame |
Nothing else left to blame |
Nothing else left to blame |
Nothing else left |