They Said The House Was Empty

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You were under the illusion
Of a bastard or a criminal,
And he liked the way you looked in your legs

And your dress was like a ribbon,
Blowing loose in the wind
And your sister was a whore—that’s all you’d say

The house was empty when we found it
Crooked pictures in the hallway
Of a man looking positively wasted

There were voices in your room
The room we took and made into
A sarcophagus for hiding all our days away

You were under the shadow
Of a man wearing your lipstick
Or was he just feasting on our bodies in the night?

And our dreams were filled with envy
You were near enough to hold me
We took our shoes off and danced under the parlor light

But it was dark,
In the room,
And the basement’s where the devil keeps his dues
And all the ashes of a hundred-million house fires
Made of sinners and their girlfriends,
They were murdered with machetes
By a man
And his mistress
They had guns
And when she kissed him
All the stars took a knee
Bowed and prayed to the holy queen
Of oblivion and heaven,
Satan’s criminal army,
And all his guns
Cause he has many
Many guns

The house was empty when we found it
You couldn’t wait to tell me about it
We’ll put candles in the basement
And we’ll both take off our clothes
All our clothes

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from I Saw An Angel, I Buried Its Body, released August 4, 2017

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