House In Fire Lyrics - Assemblage 23

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 never conceal 

I rise to my feet 

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 

CH 

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. 

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 

(CH) 

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