Hatred in the Living Room

[Intro] [Verse] The furniture stands like jagged teeth in the half-light Dust settles on the velvet where we used to sit You left your shadow burned into the patterned rug A heavy silence swallowing every word I meant to quit I stare at the walls until the paint begins to peel The radiator rattles like a ghost beneath the floor [Pre-Chorus] The air is thick with the weight of unsaid things Every hollow corner has developed a bitter sting I am pacing out the miles on this hardwood cage Tracing lines of madness on a blank and yellowed page [Chorus] There is a cold fire burning in the center of the room A quiet kind of loathing blooming in the gloom I carry this venom like a treasure in my chest In this four-walled kingdom I find no place to rest It grows in the cracks of the ceiling up above This singular passion that looks nothing like love [Verse] The clock on the mantle ticks like a hammer on a nail Your absence is a witness that will never ever fail I could throw the windows open to the freezing rain But nothing washes out the copper taste of this disdain The sofa is a monument to all the nights we lied With nowhere left to run and nowhere left to hide [Chorus] There is a cold fire burning in the center of the room A quiet kind of loathing blooming in the gloom I carry this venom like a treasure in my chest In this four-walled kingdom I find no place to rest It grows in the cracks of the ceiling up above This singular passion that looks nothing like love [Chorus] There is a cold fire burning in the center of the room A quiet kind of loathing blooming in the gloom I carry this venom like a treasure in my chest In this four-walled kingdom I find no place to rest It grows in the cracks of the ceiling up above This singular passion that looks nothing like love [Outro]