My house is hard to find, but I'll give you directions, 
You can visit sometime, down where all that I built surrounds me 
Just make sure your car's got good shocks 
There's steep hills, there's potholes, there's rocks 

I work in the garden, my son plays around me 
Close the gate behind you, there's a horse that can't get out 
I will see you first, is that all right 
And can you remember, can you remember 

This is not the house that pain built 
This is not the house that pain built 
I was drowning in something, I jumped in the rift 
And you knew me back then, when I spat on my gift, but no 

It's tough and it's tiring when you go it alone 
I learned about wiring, I learned about stone 
The building is done but the work's never through 
And I won't give up, no how, it reminds me of who I am and where I am now 
I remember myself, that's the work that I do 
On a spring night when the snow is melting 
You'll see two sets of footprints walking 
Look at all the stars, and turn around, and walk home, 
Slowly walk home. 

This is not the house that pain built 
That is not a house that pain built 
My friends all think that I holed up and hid 
But I tell them I didn't, you know I don't think I did, no. 

And this is where I let my pain go 
This is where I let my pain go 
This is where the footprints dance in the snow