The Haunted

A sadness has settled in this old damp house Like a layer of dust on the ground The rooms lay quiet, ashamed of the silence That once were a hubbub of sound She closes the door and feels the cold air And the thoughts that preside in her head Ooh, the haunted, ooh, the haunted The garden grows over the footsteps of youth That had beaten their joy on the earth When flowers once smiled, the weeds now reviled And tugged at those petals with mirth He stands in the street as grey as the sky And repeats what he should have said Ooh, the haunted, ooh, the haunted Wind howls through the chambers of hearts Ash blows softly through the air She feels the pain about to dig in A splinter of love still under her skin He walks slowly through the darkened night Head bowed low with the weight of it all A piano plays from across the street Another soul trying to make ends meet The wallpaper peels and the pictures are gone Just shadows now mark where they were Love lies in landfill, ground to a standstill Its sharpness already a blur She tumbles for more but can't shake the past She finds she's still taking to bed Ooh, the haunted, ooh, the haunted Rubble gets stiffed when you're looking for gold But only dirt stays in your hands It once had the price of a palace of ice But now it no longer stands He tries to find peace through the traffic of thoughts He admits he's still struggling to shed Ooh, the haunted, ooh, the haunted Wind howls through the chambers of hearts Ash blows softly through the air She feels the pain about to dig in A splinter of love still under her skin He walks slowly through the darkened night Head bowed low with the weight of it all A piano plays from across the street Another soul trying to make ends meet The haunted, ooh, the haunted Oh, we sleep alone in pieces of broken home We are the haunted, we are the haunted Oh, we sleep alone and the cold lies in our bones We are the haunted, we are the haunted Oh, we sleep alone in pieces of broken home We are the haunted, we are the haunted Oh, we sleep alone and the cold lies in our bones We are the haunted, we are the haunted Oh, we sleep alone in pieces of broken home