Ode to a Heat Vent Songtext
von ilyAIMY

Our bathroom had a heat vent
A dusty vision of heaven
No clothes no needs
Just an envelope of heat
And a steady firm belief that
Nothing ever changes
I′m never going to leave this place
Where nothing ever changes
It's home

We had a hammock and I would ride it
Like a ship into the storm
Between the two old oak trees
Cicadas made it treacherous
Those alien things and eventually
We grew too big to pretend
That nothing ever changes
I′m never going to leave this place
Where nothing ever changes
It's home


We had this dishwasher
It rumbled & it grumbled but it kept things clean
And I would lean
Rest my head & dread the ending of the cycle
You know what that would mean
Chores & homework
Nothing ever changes
I never get to leave this place
And nothing ever changes
It's home

And off to bed I would dread
The long dark walk down the hall
Where I was sure
That shadows crawled behind me
From the closet with the hidden door
But if I can make it back to my bedroom doorknob

Watch the clock and listen to my freedom tick away
Midnight came & went
And dawn′s so far away
I can′t sleep
What was I supposed to say?
Pray for death in my sleep
I don't want Him to take me

Now my bathroom has a radiator
I need to clean it & it costs me cash
Still that envelope of heat
Is something
You know it might just get me through the night


Nothing ever changes
I don′t want to leave this place
Nothing ever changes
It's home
Nothing ever changes
I don′t want to leave this place
Nothing ever changes
It's home