The Haunted House Lyrics - David Gray

The Haunted House 

Have YOU ever BEEN 

to A HAUNTED HOUSE? 

bET YOU have! 

a place you didn't understand 

a place that frightened you 

Did you SEE? 

Did you HEAR? 

Did you THINK? 

that you knew what was around the corner 

think back to a time 

to a place where you felt you had been before 

but couldn't understand why you felt that way 

De'ja' voo 

Did you hear the noise? 

Did you SEE the light? 

BATs flying way UP high 

MONSTERS walking through a haze 

coming 

CLOSER, CLOSER, CLOSER 

Do you SEE how it collides 

with R E A L I T Y? 

We walk in a trance every day 

No time for reflecting 

Always in a hurry 

Driving our weapons of destruction 

faster, faster, faster 

No time for KINDNESS 

No time to GIVE 

No time to FEEL 

I saw a woman 

in the LAUNDROMAT 

I heard her ask 

how much it would cost to repair 

her TORN clothes 

She looked like a deer 

caught in the CROSSFIRE 

Was so worried about how much it cost 

no A F F E CT 

i knew in my heart and soul 

that she needed HELP 

so i gave her a coin 

so she could get 

her clothes repaired 

Didn't want her to worry about whether she could eat 

And as i was about to leave discretely 

she asked said: WHO ARE YOU? 

I was startled because i knew 

that she REMEMBERED 

REMEMBERED 

REMEMBERED 

She knew that i understood 

HER PAIN 

Because I was that woman 

in another LIFE 

a VAGABOND, who lost HER way 

due to circumstance 

It is the people who can still feel the pain 

they are the ONES 

who are still AWAKE 

they haven't let their HEARTS 

fall asleep 

they haven't let their souls be silenced 

or encased in SEA of DENIAL 

We've all been in THE HAUNTED HOUSE 

Blinded by our goals 

JUST trying to make ends meet 

But what about GOODNESS? 

We forgot ABOUT goodness 

we forgot that goodness COUNTS 

more than anything 

more than MONEY, POWER, or FAME 

GOODNESS counts! 

don't forget 

it's all that matters 

don't forget 

don't forget 

It's all that really matters 

Just be good 

and try to do the RIGHT thing 

and (s)he will forgive us 

if we mess up 

just take the time 

just make the effort 

to do the right thing 

and (s)he will forgive us 

for (s)he knows that we are only human 

and that we live in a haunted house 

a house that makes us forget 

where we've been 

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