Burned Is the House

Lyrics

It's like we both had just arrived here Like we both stepped off a plane in a new town And the sun was out I would talk and you would point your ear at me Like I was making some sweet sound You said to make it loud But we can never come back here again We can only hope to forget Walked through a cemetery archway To a wood that hummed so happily along But the words were all wrong You traded all my imperfections For directions to a party across town You bring the house down But we can never go back there again We can only hope So, burned is the house, gone is the street Here is the same disappointing retreat And I need it like hell, if I'd lie to myself To think I could live that life over again With a cuss word like 'guilt', and the taste for your eyes As they well up when I couldn't just say goodnight If you'd cry me a river you could baptize me in I'd say I guess that's it, now I've fucking seen everything You were the first real choice I would make But we all make mistakes Jumped overboard because the water's always greener When the sun shines on the sea Would you drown for me? It's just as deep as you can make it You tread water when you could stand on your knees But don't pray to me Cause when the lamprey's taken all it can He will you leave you dead But, but burned is the house, gone is the street Here is the same disappointing retreat And I need it like hell, if I'd lie to myself To think I could live that life over again With a cuss word like 'guilt', and the taste for your eyes As they well up when I couldn't just say goodnight If you'd cry me a river you could baptize me in I'd say I guess that's it, yeah I've fucking seen everything, now You were the first real choice I would make You were the only one that I would take, now you'll take til I go You were the first real choice I would make But we all make mistakes, oh