Misterwives - Our Own House Album Lyrics

---

Our Own House

Came in like the breeze,
I felt it in my knees
Never will it leave
Each day it is retrieved

Seems like yesterday
Your eyes craved this way
Into my soul you stared
And broke down every fear

[2x]
We built our own house, own house
With the hands over our hearts
And we swore on that day
That it will never fall apart

Will never fall apart
Will never fall apart
With the hands over our hearts
Will never fall apart

Wake up to the sun
Clouds always come undone
You give the light I need
Like water to a seed

Waiting in until
One to talk to be real
And prove me wrong it seems
Our heart can truly mean

[2x]
We built our own house, own house
With the hands over our hearts
And we swore on that day
That it will never fall apart

Will never fall apart
Will never fall apart
With the hands over our hearts
Will never fall apart

Take it all, take it away
We'll still have the sun dying
And the love that is beating
'Til our lungs stop breathing

Take it all, take it away
We'll still have our reaches,
No need for stitches
'Cause love melts the pain

Take it all, take it away
(Love me, love me)
Take it all, take it away
(Love me, love me)
Take it all, take it away
(Love me, love me)
Take it all!

We built our own house, own house
With the hands over our hearts
And we swore on that day
That it will never fall apart

Will never fall apart
Will never fall apart
With our hands over our hearts
Will never fall apart

---

Not Your Way

Over being told to be undressed to look our best
Everywhere my eyes go, our figure is less, voice suppressed
But look how very far we have come
Cast a vote, wear pants, and clamp on a gun

No, it's not your way, not your way
Not going to obey, to obey
This is my party, party
And you don't have a say, have a say

This is my own life, own life
Not growing up to be a trophy wife
So don't parade us 'round, 'round we go
In your twisted world and I'm saying no
No no
No, it's not your way, not your way
No no no no, no no no

Lower and lower our standards go as your money grows
Fill us up with plastic and cut us up and tie a bow
But look how very far we have come
Strip us of our width, disguise it like we have won

No, it's not your way, not your way
Not going to obey, to obey
This is my party, party
And you don't have a say, have a say

This is my own life, own life
Not growing up to be a trophy wife
So don't parade us 'round, 'round we go
In your twisted world, and I'm saying no
No no
No, it's not your way, not your way
No no no no, no no no

Are we making ourselves clear?
We're all the same under here
This is my disposition
Apologies for breaking your traditions
It takes two to tango
And we're saying...(two, three!)

It's not your way, not your way
Not going to obey, to obey
This is my party, party
And you don't have a say, have a say

This is my own life, own life
Not growing up to be the trophy wife
So don't parade us 'round, 'round we go
In your twisted world, and I'm saying no
No no
No, it's not your way, not your way
No no no no, no no no

---

Reflections

You didn't close the door
Left a crack open
I couldn't ignore the faint possibility
Of having hope in this insanity
That we still could be
But we're stuck floating in between

Put me on the shelf, discipline myself
To let the sparks die out
Shattering anything
That has reflections of you
You

Our eyes were closed
With hearts open wide
Dismissed every rule to abide by
Our bodies undressed the layers of shy
Revealing the truth that was buried inside
Filled up feelings
That now are bursting at the seams

Put me on the shelf, discipline myself
To let the sparks die out
Shattering anything
That has reflections of you
You

Unsure of what are my dreams it seems
You have stolen my slumber
And awakened another
Life within me that is better than any other
Reaching endless heights in never ending nights
That can't be seen, put to bed this dream
Oh-oh-oh-oh-ohh

Put me on the shelf, discipline myself
To let the sparks die out
Shattering anything
That has reflections of you
You

---

Oceans

The wind-soft melody
Sings to me so happily
When you're near me, everything is just so right
When all seems so wrong
Your love reminds me where we belong
You make my cloudy dark skies so bright

So can we
Stay forever-ever like this and
Laugh and love in this happy bliss and as
Time runs through our fingers this
Love, this love will stay and linger so
Hold me close and never, never let go and
Promise to love it every high and low, these
Words you are singing to
Me, you are my everything
My everything
You're my everything
My everything

The planets and stars
And Venus and Mars
No, they don't measure up to you
No, no
And nothing can compare
To you, this I swear
This life we've strung, let's
Never, never undo

So can we
Stay forever-ever like this and
Laugh and love in this happy bliss and as
Time runs through our fingers this
Love, this love will stay and linger so
Hold me close and never, never let go and
Promise to love it every high and low, these
Words you are singing to
Me, you are my everything
My everything
You're my everything
My everything

So let's run with reckless emotion
Let's find out if love is the size of the ocean and a
Hundred ought to be too few word
To carry all my love for you
So let's run with reckless emotion
Let's find out if love is the size of the
Oceans, oceans
Oceans
Oceans, oceans
Oceans

So can we stay forever like this
And just laugh and love in this happy bliss
As time runs through our fingers
This love will stay and linger
So would you hold me close and never let go
Promise to love it every high and low
These words you are singing, oh
To me you are my, my everything
My everything
My everything
My everything

---

Best I Can Do

Used to know how to do
This without losing my cool
But you crept too much inside my head
Rolling over in my bed
Tangled up in what you said
Terrified this just might never end

Easy on my tethered soul
Giving you all I got
But you claiming it whole

It's the best I can do
Nothing is ever good enough for you
Easy on my tired eyes
They've been up all night
Cause my mind is tied
It's the best I can do
Nothing is ever good enough for you

Chasing the days away
Back and forth, this game we play
It's sickening but we can not quit
How did really so far down
Run ourselves into the ground
Pull us up for air, but we still drown

Easy on my tethered soul
Giving you all I got
But you claiming it whole

It's the best I can do
Nothing is ever good enough for you
Easy on my tired eyes
They've been up all night
Cause my mind is tied
It's the best I can do
Nothing is ever good enough for you

I am down on my knees
Begging for release
Can't continue like this, no
So could you please
Change your eyes to see
This is no way to be, no
I am down on my knees
Begging for release
Can't continue like this, no
So could you please
Change your eyes to see
This is no way, no way, no way to be

Easy on my tethered soul
Giving you all I got
But you claiming it whole

It's the best I can do
Nothing is ever good enough for you
Easy on my tired eyes
They've been up all night
Cause my mind is tied
It's the best I can do
Nothing is ever good enough for you

---

Hurricane

Leeches, you're sucking up the life
Creatures, you're not afraid to fight
We're not letting you steal all that molded us
If you only knew you're only made of dust

[Pre-Chorus:]
We are not your property
See with our own clarity
Ears closed, eyes open,
Voice won't be broken
Won't dance within your walls

[Chorus:]
You'll find us running 'round every town,
Unchaining all your bounds
Everyone's used to crowd,
Throwing your words to the ground
We'll do this all our own way
Can't change the storm of a hurricane
We'll dance to our own beat,
Won't sing to your melody
We don't care if we're the only
People swimming in the sea
We'll do this all our own way
Can't change the storm of a hurricane

Made me care what you think
Only made our bodies sink
Couldn't continue playing the game right
Running with you is your fake light
Tell me how it's good for us again
Raise your brow, get it out and condescend
This is not working,
My lungs are chocking
No longer at your call

[Chorus]

[Bridge:]
Don't go change your fold,
What happened to being bold
Shaking of what we were told,
Not feeling to do your own
We'll do this all our own way
Can't change the storm of a hurricane

[Pre-Chorus]

[Chorus]

---

Coffins

I gave my hand for you to hold
I gave my love that you went and sold
Exchanged our song for another
Can't blame this sad flame that once glowed like no other

How do you soften
The thought of carrying coffins?
We were so alive
Only to see us wither and die

You say you'd stand even if this would all fall
You're yearning, yielded when you hit the wall
I shut your ears, tried to make you hear my call
But you were long gone, no hope in a sunless dawn

How do you soften
The thought of carrying coffins?
We were so alive
Only to see us wither and die
Oh, why must soil run dry

And I never ever thought I'd hear these words be said
Now I lay here in an unmade bed
Empty stomach's unable to be fed
Your ego swallowed you and from there you fled

So far away
Could not find your way back
Walked down the path
Where feet slipped through the cracks

Where feet slipped through the cracks
Could not find your way back
Where feet slipped through the cracks
Could not find your way back

How do you soften
The thought of carrying coffins?
We were so alive
Only to see us wither and die
Oh, why must soil run dry

---

No Need For Dreaming

Never ever knew that this could be
My reality, oh whoa
All my years expecting tragedy
Crashing down on me, oh whoa
Within you there's a light, I could not fight
Even if I tried, oh whoa
Forever by my side in this ride
We'll never let this die, oh whoa

I will follow you
'Til there's no beat left within me
There's no need for dreaming
You shake the insides
Of what I hide
Brought me to life
Conquered all of my shy

There's no need for dreaming

Hope was drifting far away from me
Further out to sea, oh whoa
Comfortable with being lonely
Woe is me, oh whoa
Unaware of all my sorrow
Swallow, whoa, my happiness
You dug down deep and pulled out the peace
Love was released, oh whoa

I will follow you
'Til there's no beat left within me
There's no need for dreaming
You shake the insides
Of what I hide
Brought me to life
Conquered all of my shy

There's no need for dreaming
There's no need for dreaming

No hold on the days
That we spent wasting away
You let me in
Without ever seeking friends
You overflowed my soul
And made all good things grow
And no, no, we're not made for sorrow

I will follow you
'Til there's no beat left within me
There's no need for dreaming
You shake the insides
Of what I hide
Brought me to life
Conquered all of my shy

There's no need for dreaming
There's no need for dreaming

---

Box Around The Sun

I was just barely holding on
Trying to keep up
I saw no signs of anyone
Box built around the Sun
I thought to sleep the day away
But trees were as dark as the night's weight
How did you hear the drop of my tear
You chase all the fear

You were there for the waking
My soul was sleeping
You woke me, shaking every piece of me
You took me under
Eyes wide to you with wonder
Built me a heartstrong
Carry me on

We find light down any road we take
Feet never seem to break
Unable to feel unstable
And you carry me all the way
I take comfort in your eyes
Keep me feeling safe all the days
Oh whoa, oh whoa
Your presence gives me joy alone
Never do I face the world alone

You were there for the waking
My soul was sleeping
You woke me, shaking every piece of me
You took me under
Eyes wide to you with wonder
Built me a heartstrong
Carry me

On and on and on
On and on and on
On and on and on
On and on and on and on and on
And on and on
On and on and on
On and on and on
On and on and on

Put away the days
When home was what I chased
When love had no space to live
This world we built
Is long past filled
My hands cannot hold on to a shield
My hands cannot hold on to a shield, shield
Hands cannot hold on to a shield, shield
Opened up what I had sealed, sealed
Opened up what I had sealed, sealed

You were there for the waking
My soul was sleeping
You woke me, shaking every piece of me
You took me under
Eyes wide to you with wonder
Built me a heartstrong
Carry me

On and on and on
On and on and on
On and on and on
On and on and on and on and on
And on and on
On and on and on
On and on and on
On and on and on

---

Imagination Infatuation

[Verse 1:]
Don't wake me up tonight
I'll be dreaming of you if that's alright
I like you better in my sleep
there in my thoughts I'll keep things right

Don't wake me up if you do
my liking for you might disappear
Can't find this like in real time
but in my dreams this crime is crystal clear

[Chorus:]
Lovin' is easy to do
when my imagination gets the best of
You-oh-oh-oh-oh
You-oh-oh-oh
You-oh-oh-oh-oh
You-oh-oh-oh

Lovin's is easy to keep
when you're the reason that I fall asleep to
Dream of you, dream of you
You-oh-oh-oh-oh
You-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

[Verse 2:]
Don't wake me up if you find
I'm intertwined and confused between the two
Crazy is this hazy pull, that draws me close
I haven't got a clue

I tried to detach from the latch
that's got it's claws tightly grasped in my skin
I wake up to find nothing there
I'd tell you this but you already don't care

[Chorus:]
Lovin' is easy to do
when my imagination gets the best of
You-oh-oh-oh-oh
You-oh-oh-oh
You-oh-oh-oh-oh
You-oh-oh-oh

Lovin's is easy to keep
when you're the reason that I fall asleep to
Dream of you, dream of you
You-oh-oh-oh-oh
You-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

[Bridge:]
Infatuation by imagination why
are we the right pair in
a world that's not there when
Woken it's spoken you're
a worthless token that's
cha cha cha choken me out
faken me out with a shout
of interest that's dismissed
we could have been it
we could have been it

[Chorus:]
Lovin' is easy to do
when my imagination gets the best of
You-oh-oh-oh-oh
You-oh-oh-oh
You-oh-oh-oh-oh
You-oh-oh-oh

Lovin's is easy to keep
when you're the reason that I fall asleep to
Dream of you, dream of you
You-oh-oh-oh-oh
You-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

---

Vagabond

There you go, there you stay
Keeping low, never wanna play
Wandering far, disappearing
Feet stuck in place, not moving

You've been up and down, down
You've been low, low, low
Troubled sea so deep, troubled home no sleep
You've been flying so high
Avoiding the road
Pretending to not feel alone [x2]

Where to fly? Who knows
Winds rapidly blow
From branch to branch you go
When you see the sun dear friend let it glow

Don't shun it all,
Don't let it fall
From your hands how you used to crawl
You're walking tall, no need to hide
Behind the clouds in the sky

You've been up and down, down
You've been low, low, low
Troubled sea so deep, troubled home no sleep
You've been flying so high
Avoiding the road
Pretending to not feel alone [x2]

Vagabond is you,
Ran the mile no shoes
If the sun goes down too soon
Embrace the starry-eyed moon

Vagabond is you,
Swam the sea at the darkest blue
You made it, made it through
You made it, made it through, oh

You've been up and down, down
You've been low, low, low
Troubled sea so deep, troubled home no sleep
You've been flying so high
Avoiding the road
Pretending to not feel alone [x2]

---

Queens

Stoop livin' was a heaven that we fit in
Summer sun, we would run far away from our fears
Waiting for the train in the winter
Couldn't hide and our trees were froze in tears
Mama said she'd always keep us warm
Roof over our head, even though it was torn

My Queens is a queen
Not talking bright lights and shiny things
But we always made it work
Building castles out of dirt
My home is a throne
Not very pretty, but tough as stone
And we always made it work
No matter how much it did hurt

Bought my first keys at fifteen
Not for a car, play my songs at every shitty drive wall
Big dreams in the biggest city
She don't care if you ever make it far
Mama said, "Don't ever lose sight
Stay true to your voice inside."

My Queens is a queen
Not talking bright lights and shiny things
But we always made it work
Building castles out of dirt
My home is a throne
Not very pretty, but tough as stone
And we always made it work
No matter how much it did hurt

But we all lift each other up
Learn to shake the demons off
Conquer all this world throws at us
Cause love is strong enough
[x2]

My Queens is a queen
Not talking bright lights and shiny things
But we always made it work
Building castles out of dirt
My home is a throne
Not very pretty, but tough as stone
And we always made it work
No matter how much it did hurt

But we all lift each other up
Learn to shake the demons off
Conquer all this world throws at us
Cause love is strong enough
[x2]