Paper hangs and peels from cardboard walls,
The glass made ceilings just revealing the effect we cause,
Splintered doors on hinges beg to fall,
With paint thats flaking,
The minutes taking their toll on the settling of scores,
Weâre bricked up,
Locked down,
Falling on ears that never hear you out,
Hemmed in,
In this tumble down,
Iâm resting on the king and queen of hearts,
Holding onto jokers in the dark,
Oh in this house of cards iâm getting ready âcos its falling through,
Iâm fixing up the roof to save this place,
But caught between the honour and disgrace,
Oh in this house of cards iâm getting ready,
In this house of cards iâm getting ready,
In this house of cards weâre ready,
Water wash regret from curtain call,
Should be the time thats ticking but its stubbornly sticking
And weâre in between flaws,
Oh and iâm lonelier than i had bargained for...
Itâs like thereâs concrete setting round a memory forgetting
What we came along for,
Oh and weâre bricked up,
Locked down,
Falling on ears that never hear you out,
Hemmed in,
In this tumble down,
Iâm resting on the king and queen of hearts,
Holding onto jokers in the dark,
Oh in this house of cards iâm getting ready âcos its falling through,
Iâm fixing up the roof to save this place,
But caught between the honour and disgrace,
Oh in this house of cards iâm getting ready,
In this house of cards iâm getting ready,
In this house of cards iâm ready before it falls...
Weâre two feet apart in the heart of what we call home,
And weâre standing on egg shells,
Weâre watching the bell jar drown,
And as you take my hand through the sands youâll say you already know,
That in this house of cards weâre all getting ready,
In this house of cards youâre getting ready,
In this house of cards weâre ready,
Oh, jokers in the dark,
Oh in this house of cards iâm getting ready âcos its falling through,
Iâm fixing up the roof to save this place,
But caught between the honour and disgrace,
Oh in this house of cards iâm getting ready,
In this house of cards youâre getting ready,
In this house of cards weâre all getting ready,
In this house of cards weâre ready before it falls...