House Of Pain

House of Pain was the highest charting single off of the 1989 Faster Pussycat album Wake Me When It’s Over. The lyrics were written by the band’s founder and front-man, Taime Downe, about his relationship with his father. Songfacts says "House of Pain" was written by Faster Pussycat founders Taime Downe and Greg Steele. It was released on their second album Wake Me When It's Over and the single climbed to #28 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it the band's only Top-40 hit and themselves very much one-hit wonders.

House of Pain Lyrics Faster Pussycat It's a little past suppertime I'm still out on the porch step sittin' on my behind Waitin' for you Wonderin' if everything was all right Momma said, "Come in, boy, don't waste your time" I said, "I've got time, well, he'll be here soon" Five years old and talkin' to myself Where were you? Where'd you go? Daddy, can't you tell? I'm not trying to fake it and I ain't the one to blame No, there's no one home in my house of pain And I didn't write these pages and my script's been rearranged No, there's no one home in my house of pain No, there's no one home in my house of pain Wasn't I worth the time? A boy needs a daddy like a dance to mime And all the time, I looked up to you I paced my room a million times And all I ever got was one big line, the same old lie How could you? Well, I was eighteen and still talkin' to myself Where were you? Where'd you go? Daddy, can't you tell? I'm not tryin' to fake it and I ain't the one to blame No, there's no one home in my house of pain And I didn't write these pages and my script's been rearranged No, there's no one home in my house of pain No, there's no one home in my house of pain I'm not tryin' to fake it and I ain't the one to blame No, there's no one home in my house of pain And I didn't write these pages and my script's been rearranged No, there's no one home (No, there's no one home) In my house of pain No, there's no one home (No, there's no one home) In my house of pain (And I'm alone again, yeah) No, there's no one home (No, there's no one home) In my house of pain No, there's no one home (There's no one home) In my house of pain I'm alone again Well, if I learned anything from this It's how to live on my own Produced By John Jansen Written By Greg Steele & Taime Downe Release Date April 18, 1989