IN THE HOUSE EVERYTHING DIES:
there’s a man in the middle so that nothing gets done
there’s a dollar to fix a squabble
there’s a bullet for every gun
and it’s littered with the life less
it’s where hope goes to die
so abandon all hope all ye that enter here
out go the cries of the shamed and the dear
people stripped of their humanity
tarred and feathered to community cheers
and the bill up on capitol hill
hanging lifeless and alive
screaming please don’t make me go in there
cause in the house everything dies
cause the foundation creeks
the cracks you can see
covered with a new coat of paint
tiles littered with the bleach stains
to cover up the blood stains
lady liberties lovers used for their meat
voices stricken from the record
voices shunned down with a gable
lives lost in procedural games
back door alley blow jobs
littered with the teeth marks
of the indentured and the weak
and the bill up on capitol hill
hanging lifeless and alive
screaming please don’t make me go in there
cause in the house everything dies
cause there’s a man in the middle so that nothing gets done
there’s a dollar to fix a squabble
there’s a bullet for every gun
and it’s littered with the life less
it’s where hope goes to die
so abandon all hope all ye that enter here
credits
released October 31, 2014
Recorded at The Shelter Studios | Austin, TX
Recorded and Mixed by Chris Seyler
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