This shattered house I've found myself surrounded by Breaks a little more each day The walls I've built and plastered Are peeling away layers of guilt Hanging mirrors with shadows of reflections Ghosts of ink spilt This floor, these bricks, the cement out the doorstep Pavement falling apart from where so many shoes have walked Decorated with outlines of broken hearts in chalk If these walls could talk They'd tell stories of rage and pain, Of the misery born into its foundation Day after day If these cupboards could hold as many secrets as those walls have heard Of the lies they've tried to hide away inside, they would burst If you could save the tear drops that have fallen under this crumbling roof top Then you could drown this dilapidated house Bury it alive with no doubt that the years of emotion and agony it's kept hidden inside Will easily and willingly have peace when it dies The color of the paint would simply be forgotten before the end of the day The torn and rotten foundation would just be ripped away and replaced With stronger cement at its base for someone new to cling to And new walls and paint for another soul to suffer through But this shattered house still stands There's no plans to rebuild all these shards of my broken heart splattered on the ground And nothing will ever replace my soul when this house falls down