Story Behind The Song
This song is part of a series of songs I've written and continue to write, marking this life journey of discovering my past, the truth, my story, listening to my own voice at last, no matter how difficult. A tribute to everyone who holds on day after day to get to the core of things, the other side of struggles of all kinds, and survive.
Song Description
Fighting the internal battle to hang on, survive, rise up, bring it up from way down deep, get it all out, work it out, and live
Song Length |
3:13 |
Genre |
Rock - Easy Listening, Pop - Alternative |
Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
Mood |
Restless, Troubled |
Subject |
Sanity/Insanity, Darkness |
Language |
English |
Era |
2000 and later |
Lyrics
HOUSE OF LIES
Written and performed by: Mitchelle Tanner
Long time held on tight
White knuckles on an amusement park ride
No way out - tied up inside
A house of mirrors
And a house of lies
Found my voice one day
Lying naked on the floor and writhing
Picked it up - a stranger to me
Needed love and needed supervising
I screamed out the subtleties
Tried to tell myself to calm down
But there are things beyond civilized
Heat and ashes
And flesh and blood and memory and sanctity
And the dead inside your head they rise up
From deep in the underground
But I split the sun with my eyes
A tidal wave an arctic storm crescendo
Felled the trees, all dignity
Diving deep to where the fearless dare not go
And it radiates some hidden place
Torn open wide beyond all human sight
And I screamed out the subtleties
Tried to tell myself to calm down
But there are things beyond civilized
Heat and ashes
And flesh and blood and memory and sanctity
And the dead inside your head they rise up
From deep in the underground
It?s a long time held on tight
White knuckles on an amusement park ride
(c) 2004 Mitchelle Tanner, Brave Imaginations Music.
Contact: 510-326-7707
www.mitchelletanner.com