It was a school night, half past one. Laughter in the kitchen, but the peace was gone. Unbroken shadows, whispers in the dark. No one could have known they carried the spark. I closed my eyes, trying to find some sleep. While the secrets in the hallway started to creep. Then a sudden sound cut right through the air. A shattered illusion, a sudden nightmare. Long before the morning comes, you wake up in the dark. You hear the glass dancing on the floor, leaving its mark. The light won't turn on, the panic starts to grow. The air is getting heavy, the heat begins to show. All the oxygen is stolen by the smoke and the flames. And the house of broken souls will never be the same. Banging on my mothers bedroom door, but she was locked inside. Lost in the pills and the wine she used to hide. My brother said: grab your shoes, we have to find a way. But the black burning smoke blocked the hallway. Shouting through the window to the street down below. While the winter cold was waiting in the silent snow. Half-naked on the pavement, staring at the ash Watching our whole world vanish in a flash. Long before the morning comes, you wake up in the dark. You hear the glass dancing on the floor, leaving its mark. The light won't turn on, the panic starts to grow. The air is getting heavy, the heat begins to show. All the oxygen is stolen by the smoke and the flames. And the house of broken souls will never be the same. Even after we returned, the house just kept on burning. Leaving us more broken, with a pain that keeps returning. No one really got away, the fire took its toll. And the biggest heartbreak was yet to unfold. Mama got sick when the walls were built anew. We lost her to the shadows, and everything we knew. It’s okay, go back to bed. Close your eyes, clear your head. You don't have to save anyone tonight. Just let the warm smoke hold you tight. Before the fire takes it all away... The house of broken souls... Just fade to grey.
