Sixteen years old, only just found out today
Nowhere to go, but she´s leaving anyway
The taxi waits outside as she turns the key
Leaves a note behind that he´ll never read
And as the rain pours down, the meter starts to read
She looks back one last time in tears from the backseat

House on the hill, a fortress on solid ground
Is now shuttered and still, a ghost of its former self
Kneel at the alter this pantheon covered in dust, sing Hallelujah

Eighteen years old, enlisted and boarding a plane
He bought what they sold, just like a moth to the flame
He´s scared and all alone in a distant place
Don´t want to let it show, but the fear´s on his face
Got a girl back home that he´ll see next May
And what he doesn´t know is there´s one on the way

House on the hill, a fortress on solid ground
Is now shuttered and still, a ghost of its former self
Kneel at the alter this pantheon covered in dust, sing Hallelujah

And so she wakes and breaks inside her shell
He wrote a note that got delivered to her old address
She´s not coming back, he´s not coming back

House on the hill, fortress on hollow ground
Standing here still, make this a solemn vow
Here at the alter this pantheon´s resurrected, sing Hallelujah