Assemblage 23 House On Fire Lyrics

House On Fire Lyrics

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...