Nobody Home

from It Kills Me by Staffords

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Do you recall when the whole world wasn't big enough for you
Busy chasing all the girls and you never tried in school
You had a healthy disregard for their manners and their rules
You could have played 'most anything but you'd rather play the fool

So don't go drawing blood out of a stone
Cos the lights are on and there's nobody home

We all know bravado is no substitute for fear
The only thing running deep with you is the holes between your ears
Your apathy is only matched by your desire to succeed
You're happy just to follow cos you're much too scared to lead

So don't go drawing blood out of a stone
Cos the lights are on and there's nobody home

Just to lie awake at night
With your dreams and your schemes and it seems that your screams
Carry the colour of the lie

You give advice to others but you can't advise yourself
The only job worth doing is one done by someone else
Who'd have thought that you'd jump ship for better company
You chewed up my confidence and spat it back at me

So don't go drawing blood out of a stone
And there's never been a hell just like your own
Did you ever get the feeling you're alone
Cos the lights are on and there's nobody home

There's nobody home

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from It Kills Me, released October 26, 2014
Music and lyrics by Mike Barnes.

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