This House Is Burning Down Lyrics

This house is burning down

We're locking up the doors

Pieces of the ceiling

Falling to the floor

And I don't trust the man who's still willing to ignore

His house is burning down

This ship is sinking fast

Far away from shore

Water at my ankles

In the ocean pours

Unswerving and unthinking

Keeping to the course

This ship is sinking fast

Oh, soon will come the day

That disturbs our sleep

Nothing will get better

Until it's gotten worse

The last will stay last

First remain the first

Uncover every wound

Re-injure every hurt

Before it gets better

And as our voices drown

In death's deafening churn

And blood cries from the ground

Repentance and return

There will a light be found

Though hidden, it will burn

There will a light be found

There will a light be found

Oh, soon will come the day

That disturbs our sleep

We'll do whatever it takes

To stay in this dream

But who's gonna stay awake

For God's peace?

God's peace

Is there a table in this wilderness?

(This house is burning down, this house is burning down)

And have you passed through this dark night?

(This ship is sinking fast, this ship is sinking fast)

I see the witnesses of emptiness

(There will a light be found, there will a light be found)

Becoming children of the light

Light

Light

Light

And I don't trust the man who's still willing to ignore

His house is burning down