Listener - You Were a House On Fire lyrics

And you were a house on fire
And I couldn't understand why
"Burn me all down to the ground, " you said
"The fire is on the inside"
Flames dancing like ghosts behind the windows
Pain jumping from the walls
You want to keep this private, I can see that
But, you can't ask that of me
We've only just met
I said, "We need hope now
More than ever before, do you believe it?"
The answer was silence, I'll take it as a no
We all want to be normal anyways
We all want to be somewhere
Else than where we live
But that's not reality
It's just point of view
Let's not talk about the weather
And whether or not there's really
Rain in the clouds
Unless you just want to know if
I feel the same as you
It's more measuring up than just wasting time
But time is not on our side, you're burning
Rain would only be a temporary fix
And there's just no place right now
For cute ironies like that anymore
You're a house on fire
We all write songs about life
We just sing them different
You sing the words but you
Don't know the song and you expect us all to
Sing along? How selfish
The lengths that we go to to put
So much distance between us is staggering
You're burning alive with stress and life
Both hands in flames trying to
Hold the fire inside
Drop and roll, repeat line for emphasis
I'll repeat it and repeat it
Until you believe it
You're gonna be okay! Say it to me
The answer is still silence
I'll take it as a maybe
I can't decide if I should knock
Down your door or on it
Say the word and I'll take a hatchet
To your heart or a pin prick
Cut right through the dark
Let's spill out the contents
On our knees sorting through the remnants
Pour out your hates in my hands
I'll let 'em slip right
Here through my fingers
And- And this is for all of us
This is for the times that
We only listen long enough
To know that the other person we're talking
To has the same opinions we do
For when we're burning inside
For when we're trying to hide that fact
This is for the scalps that we went after
To be only the best dressed
Add another notch on our belts
Put another feather in our headdress
I want to be the bigger man for you
But I can't take all this truth
I'm trying to kick the habit here but
These track marks are a hundred proof
"Burn me all down to the ground, " you said
Well, I'll kick through your ashes
Hope they sober up my head