HOUSE FIRE [Intro — distant feedback / spoken] I don’t miss the pain. I miss knowing what came next. [Verse 1] I learned to sleep with the sirens screaming Learned to breathe with my throat still bleeding Every quiet room feels counterfeit So I strike the match just to live in it I know the sound of a breaking door I know what fists and walls are for But give me peace and I start to shake Like something’s wrong when nothing breaks [Pre-Chorus] I KEEP WAITING FOR THE FLOOR TO GIVE OUT I KEEP DIGGING WHEN THERE’S NOTHING TO DIG OUT [Chorus — harsh / gang vocals] I BUILT MY HOME IN A HOUSE FIRE NOW THE COLD FEELS LIKE A FUCKING LIAR NO SMOKE NO FLAMES NO REASON TO RUN SO WHY DOES PEACE FEEL LIKE A LOADED GUN? [Verse 2] Every good day gets interrogated Every open hand gets complicated I see the knife before the fucking hand I ruin the ending before it began Don’t call it instinct Call it disease I learned survival Now it won’t leave me [Breakdown] IF NOTHING’S WRONG— THEN SOMETHING’S WRONG. IF NOTHING’S WRONG— THEN SOMETHING’S— FUCKING— WRONG. [Heavy instrumental] BURN IT DOWN. JUST TO PROVE I CAN SURVIVE IT. BURN IT DOWN. JUST TO FEEL LIKE I’M ALIVE IN— THIS. [Verse 3 — frantic] I’ve been bracing for impact So long I forgot how to stand Waiting for disaster With a matchbook in my hand Maybe there was never a monster at the door Maybe I just got so used to war THAT I BECAME WHAT I WAS WAITING FOR. [Breakdown — half time] I WASN’T BORN IN THE FIRE I JUST STAYED TOO LONG NOW EVERY TIME THE WORLD GOES QUIET I THINK THE WORLD IS WRONG [Chorus — heavier variation] I BUILT MY HOME IN A HOUSE FIRE FED EVERY FEAR UNTIL THE FLAMES GOT HIGHER NO SMOKE NO FLAMES NO REASON TO RUN BUT PEACE STILL FEELS LIKE A LOADED— GUN. [Final Breakdown] SO HERE I AM WITH NOTHING LEFT TO FIGHT NO ENEMY NO EXIT SIGN NO FUCKING ALIBI AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE— I HAVE TO LEARN HOW NOT TO SURVIVE. [Outro] No sirens. No fire. No war. ... What the fuck do I do now?
