In my house there's a light for our sins There's a light that flickers like Only you can see There's a man that watches me There's a girl that likes to comb her hair There's a man that watches me Dark ribbons in her hair In my house a light that shines It's brilliant up there father Keep on right to the door there's a sign In my house In a draw in a shelf by the wall There's shells and there's grasses They watch my house And the living me says I can't go Push you to the waters edge to save Pretty little man with his head full of shame Where the wood shines brightly And the river sails In my house I can see where the river flows It's like a shrine it's like a morgue It's a peace where the old men go