Name: The House on the Hill
Duration: P00H02M59S
Description: Down a hallway.

The House on the Hill

from Ever Feeding the Hungry Jaws of Hell by Jon Atkins

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Down a hallway.

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Is it wrong to abhor our birthday?
Is it wrong to adore its death?
Have my pleasure, have my pain,
Or have my farewell instead.

Is it wrong to repeat a history?
Is it wrong to desire it again?
Have my weakness, have my strength,
And have it all as it stands.

I rue the fools who invented these highways.
Who could think with so much space?
Take my bliss and take my rage.
Take us away.

They made the house on the hill too far.

Let us dance to the screaming pine trees.
Let us watch as the moment leaves.
Here your mountain hears me sing.
Here I am close to nothing.

Let me live in a Styrofoam suitcase.
Let me fail in a painless grave.
Hear my wants and know my place,
For mine is the soul of a runaway.

I had a lack with the best I could be.
Disengaged from the very first plea,
Found my Adam, found my Eve.
Found out my reach.

And they made the house on the hill too far.

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from Ever Feeding the Hungry Jaws of Hell, released February 8, 2013

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