the house always laughs [intro] ladies and gentlemen place your bets four little chambers one little dance haha... [verse 1] welcome friends to my little show take a seat and watch me go velvet curtains polished brass watch the pretty bullets pass i tip my hat i spin my prize you see the fear i see the eyes the dealer smiles the crowd goes wild every monster was once a child [pre-chorus] red means run white means pray black means hide green means stay but i don't care i don't decide the house is sitting right inside [chorus] boom boom stand me up the house always laughs feel that burn taste it in the air the house always laughs deadlier than mercury sweet like almond the house always laughs that round kicked harder than the rest the house always laughs haha... [verse 2] i used to count my ammunition now i count the screams i used to know my own reflection now it only visits dreams i named the shells i named them all i swear they whisper when i reload "pick me next" "let me play" "pull the trigger" "make my day" [bridge] wait... which hand loaded the gun? which voice told me to run? was it me? was it you? was it the barrel laughing too? ... i hear the brass i hear the floor i hear the crowd behind the door but there's no crowd there never was [breakdown] boom burn breathe it in choke pierce let me win boom burn one more round why is the ceiling on the ground? why are my hands covered in gold? why does my gun feel warm and cold? [verse 3] the dealer's gone the table's bare but someone's laughing everywhere i check the chamber one by one i swear i loaded only one four little monsters four little friends four little ways the night will end [final chorus] boom boom stand me up the house always laughs feel that burn taste it in the air the house always laughs deadlier than mercury sweet like almond the house always laughs that round kicked harder than the rest the house always laughs haha... [outro] place your bets... place your bets... the house always wins... because the house... is me.
