Fingers blistered from the nightly scratching at the window   Which won't open far enough to let air in   The house wins, oh, the house always wins      Feral cats are screaming at the clouds beneath the window   With the cracks so small that nothing gets within   The house wins, oh, the house always wins      You don't have to be alone to be lonely   You might as well give in      Telephones are howling at the cats out in the alley   And the window offers nothing in the din   The house wins, oh, the house always wins      Clouds uncage the car alarms to chase the cats and telephones   Fingers rake and rasp away their skin   The house wins, oh, the house always wins      You don't have to be alone to be lonely   You might as well give in   Yeah, you don't have to be alone to be lonely   You might as well give in      Ice age upon catastrophic ice age of selection   And only one result has trickled in   The house wins, oh, the house always wins      If evil were a lesser breed then justice after all these years   The righteous would have freed the world of sin   The house wins, oh, the house always wins      You don't have to be alone to be lonely   You might as well give in   You don't have to be alone to be lonely   You might as well give in      You don't have to be sick to be dying   You might as well give in   You don't have to have lost to be lost   Oh, give in      You don't have to be alone to be lonely   You might as well give in