Story Behind The Song
I was reworking lyrics from an older song and this popped into my head instead.
Song Description
An acceptance that a relationship is based on lies and promises unfulfilled.
| Song Length |
3:12 |
Genre |
Country - General, Country - Contemporary |
| Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
Mood |
Cheerless, Troubled |
| Subject |
Sadness, Regret |
Era |
2000 and later |
Lyrics
A House of Broken Promises
© 2015 Dolin/Ising/Williams 10/4/'15
Verse l
I never tried to make this house a home
and you'd walk out - and leave us both alone
we'd just pass like strangers in the night
(both of us) knowing from the start that nothing here was right
CHORUS
It's all gone wrong - and we've both taken hostages
and all that's left - is a house of broken promises
I guess we lied with the simple words - I do -
because we don't - those words were never true
we're just a house of broken promises
Verse ll
we'll never be the way we should have been
everytime we try - we wind up here again
let's kiss goodbye and go our separate ways
Cause we both came up short on the promises we made
CHORUS
SOLO
CHORUS
It's all gone wrong - and we've both taken hostages
and all that's left - is a house of broken promises
I guess we lied with the simple words - I do
because we don't - those words were never true
we're just a house of broken promises
just a house of broken promises