This House Is Empty Now Lyrics - Painted From Memory - Elvis Costello

These rooms play tricks upon you 

Remember when they were always filled with laughter? 

But now they're quite deserted 

They seem to just echo voices raised in anger 

Maybe you will see my face 

Reflected there on the pane 

In the window of our poor 

Forlorn and broken home 

Still this house is empty now 

There's nothing i can do 

To make you want to stay 

So tell me how 

Am i supposed to live without you? 

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These walls were lined with pictures 

Remember the glass we charged in celebration? 

But now i fill my life up 

With all that i can to deaden this sensation 

Do you recognize the face 

Fixed in that fine silver frame 

Were you really so unhappy then? 

You never said 

So this house is empty now 

There's nothing i can do 

To make you want to stay 

So tell me how 

Am i supposed to live without you? 

Oh, if i could just become forgetful 

When night seems endless 

Does the extinguished candle care 

About the darkness? 

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It's funny how my mem'ry 

Will bring you so close then make you disappear 

Meanwhile all our friends must choose 

Who they will favour, who they will lose 

Hang the garland high or close the door 

And throw away the key 

This house is empty now 

There's no one living here 

You have to care about 

This house is empty now 

There's nothing i can do 

To make you want to stay 

So tell me how 

Am i supposed to live without you? 

This house is empty now 

There's no one living here 

You have to care about 

This house is empty now 

There's nothing i can do 

To make you want to stay 

So tell me how 

Am i supposed to live without you?