He Came Back lyrics

He came back again

To that same old house

One of so many memories

Trapped in its vortex

First a family raised there

A dysfunctional one

At the whim of drink

And chaotically complacent

Then they parted, all

She kept the house

But got rid of the man

Then left hell herself

She tried to sell the place

But none would have it so

Motivated handyman he was not

So taxes and sentiment kept

Their prodigy moved in

But from bad comes yet bad

Both marriage and family

Left history recalled again

They let the place then

To distant relatives yet

Distant to pay their debts

To evade the law's grasp

He came back again

This time a drunkard doll

Raggedy Ann in the flesh

Voice profane and victimized

But vices bring demise

And time wore them out

Fights frayed to loneliness

And regrets that departed

The house would sit alone

Once barred with cameras

The mark of a drug dealer

Frequenting the wee hours

Still more remote relatives

N'er a father seen there

They lived in fetid squalor

Like pigs squealing in a sty

All running from police

All eluding debtor's claims

Living on a knife's edge

Their belongings at the curb

Once again he showed up

Back thrice to live again

This visitation solely done

And marked by age's facts

Somber and silently

Meek and withdrawn

Age and lifestyle worn

He is but a spectator now

Trapped once again

In his relegated fate

A numbered cage to keep

That recaptured him so

The mark of a stagnate soul

Returning to a sense of past

Of security, both not present

Except in a mind delusional

To witness it is a life lesson

A scoundrel with few options

Seeking security so very frail

It will not stay determined death

He came back again

To that same old house

One of so many illusions made

Trapped in its inevitable vortex