A House of Broken Promises

Story Behind The Song

I was reworking lyrics from an older song and this popped into my head instead.

Song Description

An acceptance that a relationship is based on lies and promises unfulfilled.

Song Length 3:12 Genre Country - General, Country - Contemporary
Lead Vocal Male Vocal Mood Cheerless, Troubled
Subject Sadness, Regret Era 2000 and later

Lyrics

A House of Broken Promises

© 2015 Dolin/Ising/Williams 10/4/'15

Verse l

I never tried to make this house a home
and you'd walk out - and leave us both alone
we'd just pass like strangers in the night
(both of us) knowing from the start that nothing here was right

CHORUS

It's all gone wrong - and we've both taken hostages
and all that's left - is a house of broken promises
I guess we lied with the simple words - I do -
because we don't - those words were never true
we're just a house of broken promises

Verse ll

we'll never be the way we should have been
everytime we try - we wind up here again
let's kiss goodbye and go our separate ways
Cause we both came up short on the promises we made


CHORUS

SOLO

CHORUS
It's all gone wrong - and we've both taken hostages
and all that's left - is a house of broken promises
I guess we lied with the simple words - I do
because we don't - those words were never true
we're just a house of broken promises
just a house of broken promises

Lyrics Laurie Williams Music Chris Ising; Mark Dolin
Producer Chris Ising Performance Rick Williams

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