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You Were A House On Fire
and you were a house on fire, and I couldn't understand whyburn me all down to the ground, you said, the fire is on the insideflames dancing like ghosts, behind the windowspain jumping from the wallsyou want to keep this private, I can see thatbut you can't ask that of me, we've only just metI said we need hope now more than ever before, do you believe it?the answer was silence.....I took it as a nowe all want to be normal anywayswe all want to be somewhere else than where we livebut that's not reality, it's just point of viewlet's not talk about the weatherand whether or not there's really rain the cloudsunless you want to know if I feel the same as youit's more measuring up than just wasting timebut time is not on our side, you're burningrain would only be a temporary fixand there's just no place right now for cute ironiesWe all write songs about life, we just sing them different.you sing the words but you don't know the song.and you expect us all to sing along? how selfishthe lengths that we go to, to put so much distance between us is staggeringyou're burning alive with stress and lifeboth hands in flames trying to hold the fire insidedrop and roll ...repeat line for emphasis.Letras de cancionesI'll repeat it and repeat it until you believe ityou're gonna be ok! say it to me...the answer is still silence ... I'll take it as a maybeI can't decide if I should knock down your door or on itsay the word and I'll take an axe to your heart or a pin prickcut right through the dark, let it spill out the contentson our knees sorting through the remnantspour out your hate in my hands, I'll let em slip through my fingersand this is for you, and this is for the times that we only listen long enough to know the other person we're talking to has the same opinions we do.for when we're burning inside, for when we're trying to hide that factthis is for the scalps that we went after, to be only the best dressedto scrape another notch on our belts, add another feather to our headressI want to be the bigger man for you, but I can't take this truthI'm trying to kick the habit here, but these track marks are 100 proofburn me all down to the ground, you saidI'll kick through your ashes, hope they sober up my head From Letras Mania