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Nobody lives here anymore Since the city came and boarded up the door And left that boy out in the cold But if you were able to take a look inside You'd see a tragedy that the whole town tried to hide Blacked out the windows and put the place under lock and key Under lock and key If you asked the townsfolk no one seems to know, It's more like a legend, but so the story goes A couple moved in here just a few years ago The father was a writer and a drinker on the side And on more than one occasion the mother had to hide The bruises and abrasions that he left the night before This old house is broken down The foundation crumbles in the palm of my hand Build it up just to burn it to the ground And it's swept away, under a sea of stone Then one night it happened with a bottle in his hand Something snapped inside him and he went for her again But this time would be different, this time their little boy was home SongtexteTwelve years full of violence and confusion in his head He reaches for the pistol that he hid under his bed And swore to himself that this would be the last time This old house is broken down The foundation crumbles in the palm of my hand Build it up just to burn it to the ground And it's swept away Now the walls look old and worn, the mirror-glass is broken and the draperies torn And there's splinters in the carpet from where the shots came through the floor Broken bottles and spent casings on the ground Peppered holes in the walls and stains running down Almost like the house itself was bleeding This old house is broken down The foundation crumbles in the palm of my hand Build it up just to burn it to the ground And it's swept away, yeah Build it up just to burn it down Build it up just to burn it down Build it up just to burn it down, and it's swept away Aus Songtexte Mania