House on Fire Lyrics

I was just a little boy

When my mum said "it's ok to cry"

She held me tight, in her arms

Never knew she wouldn't be there one night

Now someone's screamin', yelling 'cause I made a mistake

Father I already know

But it wasn't you who showed up at the back gate

As I thought "let's run away from home"

I breathe in, close my eyes

To the sounds that play

Walls are talking, yelling through the night

It's always been this way

Mumma's cryin' out her heart and

Daddy wasn't listenin' from the start

I guess that's what it's like

Living in a house on fire

I still remember that summer

The dogs were the only thing that kept me alive

(And out of heaven's waiting line)

Twelve and alone, that was a bummer

I still wonder if they'd send flowers when I died

(They would've been sorry, but so would I)

I breathe in, close my eyes

To the sounds that play

Walls are talking, yelling through the night

It's always been this way

Mumma's cryin' out her heart and

Daddy wasn't listenin' from the start

I guess that's what it's like

Living in a house on fire

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I guess that's what it's like (Ba-ba-ba-ba-ra-ba)

Living in a house on fire (Ba-ba-ra-ra-ra-ba-ba)

I know that's what it's like

Living in a house on fire

I know that's what it's like

Living in a house on fire

These scars run deep

They're part of my history

Time can't heal scars to the

Heart

So they're a part of me

Every single day I breathe

They'll be carried with me

To the graveyard