House on a Hill - Knockout Kid

There’s a house on a hill in my backyard

It’s been burning there for days

I never called for help… I should’ve called for help…

Go on, ask me what I would have changed

If I could rearrange the past and reconcile the pain

I’d never say the things I said, time and time again

But it’s all concrete beneath our feet

Our footprints sank in way too deep

And I’m here, and you’re there

We’re never in the same place anywhere

You’re looking for a boy who’s long since disappeared

There’s a house on a hill in my backyard

It’s been burning there for days

I never called for help, I can’t find the words to say

That it’s me inside

And now I’m desperate just to hear you

To feel the heartbeat of this house

To tell you that I’m sorry, and not to miss me when I’m gone

I’ve never felt so homesick for the road

We’d drive all night and sing until our throats were sore

When we got bored and decided that we’d fight it out

Scream and shout, our hearts shut down

I never meant to tear those pages out

The story of a house

There’s a house on a hill in my backyard

It’s been burning there for days

I never called for help, I can’t find the words to say

That it’s me inside

And now I’m desperate just to hear you

To feel the heartbeat of this house

To tell you that I’m sorry, and not to miss me when I’m gone

I’ve got my cardboard box and tether rope

I’ll carve my name in the ceiling before I choke

I’ve got my cardboard box and tether rope

I’ll carve my name in the ceiling before I choke

There’s a house on a hill in my backyard

It’s been burning there for days

I never called for help, I can’t find the words to say

That it’s me inside

And now I’m desperate just to hear you

To feel the heartbeat of this house

To tell you that I’m sorry

And not to miss me when I’m gone

No, not to miss me when I’m gone