House of Heroes doesn't just sing songs, they tell stories. Songs like "In the Valley of the Dying Sun" (telling a version of the story of Jacob in the Bible) and "Code Name: Raven" (the story of a spy in the time of World War II) draw listeners in by setting stories of love, sacrifice, and war to a non-specific song set-up and engaging music. Other songs, like "Friday Night", "Faces", or "The Drugs the Drugs" show the emptiness of man's meaningless desires. Distinguished lyrics and music that backs it up, pushing it forward, give listeners a unique experience. A band not scared of being different, House of Heroes certainly distinguishes themselves from the bunch.
Releases include: "What You Want Is Now", with tracks like "Julia", "The Lead Role In The Cage", and strings-backed "Uncomfortable" make the album House of Heroes's most rock-lead album. Self- titled "House of Heroes" and "Say No More" ( a re-release of the first with extra songs) posess the most edgy, indie-rock sound, lead by songs "Buckets For Bullet Wounds", "Serial Sleepers", "You Are the Judas of the Cheerleading Squad", and 9 minute closer "Angels In Top Hats." 2010 release "The End Is Not the End" gets its name from the lyrics in the acoustic driven song "By Your Side" of the album. Tracks like "In the Valley of the Dying Sun", "Leave You Now", and epic-like "Field of Daggers" make an argument to "The End..." being the band's most creative album yet. Their most recent release, "Suburba," continues the creative trend with the rock sound of "Independance Day for a Petty Thief" to the beautiful worship anthem "Salt in the Sea." Other releases include the holiday song "Silent Night", DC Talk cover "Day By Day", and the band's most different output, "The Acoustic End EP", which includes the acoustic version of the song "If'" (from "the End Is Not the End"),"New Moon", and "Ghost." A well-worked "Serial Sleepers (Acoustic)" is available for free on freehoh.com. The band has also released "Meets the Beatles EP" which includes three Beatles cover: "Can't Buy Me Love", "It Won't Be Long", and "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da."
Rumours from the band's facebook page indicate a new EP coming sometime soon.
The Drugs the Drugs
House of Heroes Lyrics
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Won't do when the sunlight crashes through your blinds.
It finds you sleeping on the floor.
Padlocks on your door.
Drugs the drugs never did enough to stop the avalanche cascading.
Talking in your sleep.
Telling stories that you keep in a drawer beside your bed.
Padlocks on your door.
The lyrics of House of Heroes's song "The Drugs the Drugs" conveys a story of somebody who has become addicted to drugs, and how they can no longer help them endure reality. The first line of the lyrics, "What got you through the night won't do when the sunlight crashes through your blinds," suggests that the person had been relying on the drugs to escape their problems, but the drugs have failed them in the morning light. The subsequent lines, "It finds you sleeping on the floor. Padlocks on your door," exhibit how the individual has reached a difficult point in their addiction, with evidence of deteriorating physical and emotional health leading to feelings of isolation and despair.
The chorus of the song, "Drugs the drugs never did enough to stop the avalanche cascading," expresses the person's understanding that the drugs that they had been taking were only a temporary fix to hold back their troubles, and that they were now falling into a downward spiral. The subsequent lyrics, "Talking in your sleep. Telling stories that you keep in a drawer beside your bed. Incisions, decisions, prescriptions laying on the floor. Padlocks on your door," further demonstrate the individual's inability to cope, revealing that they are experiencing paranoia, and that their addiction is now controlling their life. All these lyrics are put together in a manner that wonderfully describes the trauma and hold of drugs in a person's life.
Line by Line Meaning
What got you through the night
The coping mechanisms you relied upon during difficult times
Won't do when the sunlight crashes through your blinds.
Those same mechanisms will not be helpful when faced with reality and its challenges
It finds you sleeping on the floor.
You have hit rock bottom and have nowhere else to turn
Padlocks on your door.
Your struggles have caused you to become isolated and shut off from the world
Drugs the drugs never did enough to stop the avalanche cascading.
Medications and other substances were not effective in preventing a downward spiral
Talking in your sleep.
Your struggles are consuming your subconscious and manifesting in your dreams
Telling stories that you keep in a drawer beside your bed.
You are holding onto past traumas and negative experiences, keeping them close to you
Incisions, decisions, prescriptions laying on the floor.
You are surrounded by tangible evidence of attempts to heal, but they have all fallen short
Padlocks on your door.
You are still isolated and shut off from the world, despite your efforts to cope
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