House of Eternal Return - Amanda Palmer, Jason Webley

Millions of us standing atop

Millions of snow-covered mountains

Planting our flags, thrusting them in

Waving our arms to be counted

But who is the woman alone in the kitchen

Frozen in front of an easel

She looks like a portrait of somebody’s grandmother

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Standing there still, house on a hill

After so many transmissions

Telephone wires tangle the roof

The origin story is missing

The origin story is missing

She hasn’t gone out in twenty-five years

Caged under plaster and ivy

Her eyes fix on something out on the horizon

A mountain of leaves gathered drying

To burn to burn, to burn

Look at this view, look all around

Tied to the deck that our dad made

There’s no room to move and we’re so proud

Yes, they made 'em like that in the old days

They made 'em like that in the old days

Retracing patterns with new coats of paint

Fenced in by albums and journals

And they’re pulling her back, they keep drawing her in

Into the house of eternal

Return, return, return

House of eternal return

House of eternal return

House of eternal return

House of eternal return, return, return

Retracing patterns, the path to the door

She thinks of the hands of her father

Laying down floor joists, framing up walls

One board after the other

One board after the other

There’s nowhere to rest in this cumbersome cavity

Crushed under mortalness, sadness and gravity

Peeling off layers of skin, cracked and blistering

Scattering seeds, making scratches on history

Head, shoulders, knees and toes, only the prophet knows

Why we were planned obsolescent with vertigo

Ridden like animals, flailing our tentacles

Searching for shelter in derelict ventricles

She crosses the threshold, runs up the stairs

Races through bedrooms and hallways

She stops at the canvas, a faithful depiction

The house she’s been entering always

The house she’s been entering always

Circling round, heavenward bound

This flesh isn’t right, the fit is too tight

This can’t be our permanent housing

This can’t be our permanent housing

This can’t be our permanent housing

House of eternal return (house of eternal return)

House of eternal return (house of eternal return)

House of eternal return (house of eternal return)

House of eternal return (house of eternal return)

House of eternal return (house of eternal return)

House of eternal return (house of eternal return)

House of eternal return (house of eternal return)

House of eternal return (house of eternal return)

House of eternal return (house of eternal return)

House of eternal return (house of eternal return)

House of eternal return

House of eternal return

Return, return, return, return

Return, return, return