A House Of Many Rooms Lyrics - Mike & The Mechanics

There may be some things about me 

Things you don't want to hear 

For the rumours that precede me 

May be very true I fear 

They tell you I will deceive you 

I don't know how to care 

Though my intentions might be good 

There's another darker look beware 

When you walk through the door 

Hang on to your senses 

At best you must assume 

It's a house of many rooms 

Some rooms are filled with pleasure 

Laughter and love and light 

All the things you never see 

I keep under lock and key at night 

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When you walk through the door 

Hang on to your senses 

At best you must assume 

It's a house of many rooms 

If you love me in the light 

Love me in the shadow 

I'm afraid you must assume 

It's a house of many rooms 

A house of many rooms 

It's a house that's so unstable 

There are those who recommend 

If they'd the strength and they were able 

It ought to be condemned 

I don't agree but I will warn you 

At best you must assume 

I live in a house of many rooms 

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Here I'm in the library 

Trying to understand 

What empowers this behaviour 

Degenerates the man 

The same apartment later 

With the bottle half consumed 

I see a house of many rooms 

In the parlour I'm your father 

Who could ask for more 

The bedroom compromise me 

With your best friend from next door 

In the kitchen being honest 

The lounge a lying tongue 

Locked in the bathroom 

Pretending to be young 

The chapel finds me kneeling 

Praying for my soul 

The painting in the attic 

Can't prevent me growing old 

Help me live forever 

Silent as a tomb 

I live in a house of many rooms 

Join me at the dining table 

Join me at the feast 

Join me in the stable 

I'm laying with the beast 

You're walking in the garden 

Oblivious who'd know? 

I'm in the cellar ready to explode