Strangely Shaped by Fathers - 86 Lyrics

They say there's no return
You can't go home again
A haircut proved them wrong
My trimmings fall on local paper
A familiar front door
I was six when I first saw it
Said goodbye at twenty-nine
Dead people don't need their houses
I used to think the place was haunted1
Couldn't have guessed I'd know the ghosts

Back when we lived, for all those years at 86
That new chapter that never quite turned the page
Back when we lived, for all those years at 86
Until the cracks could just not be contained

They called it a new start
Back when we were kids
Thought changing house might change each other
Pretend the marriage wasn't over
A new address to mend old wounds
Barely speaking, seldom smiling
An elephant in every room
We were trained to just ignore them
Painting lipstick on a corpse
I used to blame the architecture

Back when we lived, for all those years at 86
That new chapter that never quite turned the page
Back when we lived, for all those years at 86
Until the cracks could just not be contained

Daddy not around
Cuz he's f*cking around
Mom buried in work
To avoid how much it hurt
They wouldn't even fight
Which made it somehow worse
Living separate lives
As the house became a hearse and not a home

An appointment after work
Faking first time buyers
A long sleeve shirt to cover up
My new eighty-six tattoo
The one that matches with my sister's
The one that brands us as survivors
They'd spent a lot to do it up
But 86, it still felt haunted
Plush new carpets aren't enough
To mask those same old creaking floorboards

Back when we lived, for all those years at 86
That new chapter that never quite turned the page
Back when we lived, for all those years at 86
Until the cracks could just not be contained