House On The Hill Lyrics - Singles - Honor Society

Sixteen years old, only just found out today 

Nowhere to go, but she's leaving anyway 

The taxi waits outside as she turns the key 

Leaves a note behind that he'll never read 

And as the rain pours down, the meter starts to read 

She looks back one last time in tears from the backseat 

House on the hill, a fortress on solid ground 

Is now shuttered and still, a ghost of its former self 

Kneel at the alter this pantheon covered in dust, sing Hallelujah 

Eighteen years old, enlisted and boarding a plane 

He bought what they sold, just like a moth to the flame 

He's scared and all alone in a distant place 

Don't want to let it show, but the fear's on his face 

Got a girl back home that he'll see next May 

And what he doesn't know is there's one on the way 

House on the hill, a fortress on solid ground 

Is now shuttered and still, a ghost of its former self 

Kneel at the alter this pantheon covered in dust, sing Hallelujah 

And so she wakes and breaks inside her shell 

He wrote a note that got delivered to her old address 

She's not coming back, he's not coming back 

House on the hill, fortress on hollow ground 

Standing here still, make this a solemn vow 

Here at the alter this pantheon's ressurected, sing Hallelujah