‘Love In The House Of Shame'


There is no love in the house of shame
We emerged with disgrace ingrained
The next generation with reputation stained
And we don't have the power to break the chain

There is no sun in a life of rain
Hope doesn't grow beneath a sky that's always grey
This is life in a tailback in the slow lane
That somehow still leaves you broken and drained

This is the only place I know
I wouldn't survive if I were to go
The reassurance of a negative zone
Lies in the principle that you can only fall that low

There is no love in the house of shame

There is no love in the house of shame
We're the people who were born to take the blame
We are the sub-society that was framed
There's not even the will to make things change

There is no comfort in relentless pain
Life's endless rejections rot the brain
All inspiration and incentive is in vain
When anything positive is on the wane

I have not done a lot wrong
And I've never hurt anyone
Yet the scrapheap is where I belong
With nothing to base hope on

There is no love in the house of shame.

 

© M.A.Tovey 2005