The House Across the Street Feeds on Broken Families Songtext
von Kye Alfred Hillig

I was twelve and playing video games when a knock came at the door
It was the woman from across the street and she was crying so hard she could barely speak
She was clutching her head and staring at the sky, but she pointed across the way
I followed my dad over to their door and that′s where our neighbor's boyfriend lay
He′d fallen while hanging some Christmas lights for her kids in the middle of the night
My Dad held him up so he wouldn't choke on his blood, but the man was barely alive
And they airlifted him to Harborview from the field of my elementary school
He didn't make it through the night and pretty soon my neighbor and her kids had moved
And it really stuck with me the way you can lose something you love so quick
But that guy really stepped up to raise her kids and I never thought he′d end up like this

The house across the street
(Stay empty! Stay empty!)
The house across the street
(Eats families! Eats families!)


The ′for rent' sign was coming down and another family came moving in
The two parents were morbidly obese and they were always yelling at their kids
Who ran around the block like wild wolves: dirty faces & dirty clothes
And when they wanted them home they′d yell,
"Get your fucking asses inside! Don't make me count! Don′t make me find you
And beat you within an inch of your life!"
Plates would break
Doors would slam
And I would wait for it all to end
It made it hard to play video games when people were beating up your friends
And once in a while they'd load into the car and the shocks would cry beneath their weight
And all the neighborhood kids would laugh
And I′d just wish they'd drive off and never come back...

The house across the street
(Stay empty! Stay empty!)
The house across the street
(Eats families! Eats families!)