House Of Cards

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I grew up in a house like this, we knew the groan of every stair

All the walls seemed to listen in, all the years seemed to take up air

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When you dreamed it was of the wind blowing cold and hard

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In those dreams you thought you lived in a house of cards

 

I grew up in a town like this, we knew the names of every street

On the surface it looked so safe, but it was perilous underneath

That's the place you shoved your doubts and hid your ugly scars

God forbid if word got out about your house of cards

And now I feel the wind about to blow, and baby I'm so scared

You're repeating the past instead of letting it go

(go) And I don't wanna go back there

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Now we're standing here face to face, afraid to move or else

I wanna prop up this fragile place, I can't do it all by myself

'Cause when we dream, it's of the wind, blowing cold and hard

When we wake up we still live in a house of cards

'Cause when we dream, it's of the wind, blowing cold and hard

When we wake up we still live in a house of cards

 

- Adam Schneider, schneider@pobox.com