the house i grew up in Lyrics

I died in the house I grew up in

Laughter stuck in the plaster of those white walls

Every inch I grew chiseled into the frame around the door

They tore it down

So now

I don't grow

No, I don't grow anymore

My body lies facing the sky in the backyard

Every bone in the overgrown web of weeds

There's a name I knew that's carved into an ancient evergreen

There was a time it once was mine

Now it's all

It's all that I'll ever be

I swear the lights were on

And the bed was unmade

And the toys were all strewn on the rug in the room

Where I used to play

I was alive back then

Not just trying to breathe

Now I'm tied to the past

And I'm paralyzed forced to watch everyone leave

Nobody knows that she's cold and alone

Stuck in sepia tone memories

Set the rubble on fire

As a funeral pyre

For the little kid I used to be

Nobody knows that she's cold and alone

Stuck in sepia tone memories

Set the rubble on fire

As a funeral pyre

For the little kid I used to be