House Of Hallways

	  		
 

Intro: Am G F  (2x) 

Am             G                       F 
And as it gets dark in this house of hallways 
Am           G                 F 
And no corridor leads to the stairs 
Am                   G                   F 
With still wet black paint on all the windows 
Am          G                      F 
We got no clocks cause time don't care here 

Am              G                  C      
So tell me your name young noble stranger 
Am               G                 C 
And tell me just what we're doing here 
Am                G                  C 
Have you painted walls with all the answers 
Dm                                  G 
Have you hidden doors with all our fears 

                    C                                              G 
What he said is the soul's rock hard but the heart's trapped underneath 
        Am                                             G 
And the weight of it all gets enough just to crush the best out of you and me 
       Am                    C                  Am        G      F 
But I swear that there's someone who cares here enough to set us free 
           Am                                          G 
And if the world don't turn just enough to bring her honest 
                                              
Then I guess we're better off forgotten 


Am G F  

Am                 G                      F 
The walls stay too thin in this house of hallways 
Am                   G              F 
They let through the echoes and the stares 
Am                   G               F 
And they'll bleed bright red with scribbled riddles 
Am                       G            F 
Scratched out of their panels by angered air 

Am                  G                  C 
Cause God knows I've made all my own choices 
Am             G                  C 
And if I drown alone it's cause I choose 
Am               G                C 
To spend my time drinking in the stairwells 
Dm                                    G 
When we've both got way too much to prove 

          C                                              G 
Cause the soul's rock hard but the heart's trapped underneath 
        Am                                             G 
And the weight of it all gets enough just to crush the best out of you and me 
       Am                    C                  Am        G      F 
But I swear that there's someone who cares here enough to set us free 
           Am                                          G 
And if the world don't turn just enough to bring her honest 
                                              
Then I guess we're better off forgotten
  


Am G F  (2x)