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{{Infobox song
| Name = The Big House
| Cover = ME-LLUSA.jpg
| Caption = ''Lover's Leap USA'' cover
| Artist = [[Mark Eitzel]]
| Album = [[Lover's Leap USA]]
| Released = 1997
| Format = CD
| Length =
| Label = Self-released
| Writer = [[Mark Eitzel]]
| Producer = [[Mark Eitzel]]
| Tracks =
# "[[Have No Words]]"
# '''"The Big House"'''
# "[[Dream In Your Heart]]"
# "[[Lost My Humor]]"
# "[[How Do You Face Yourself In Sleep]]"
# "[[Lost And Lonely]]"
# "[[Pay It Back]]"
# "[[Leave Her Alone]]"
# "[[Steve I Always Knew]]"
# "[[Nice Nice Nice]]"
# "[[Your Glass Jaw]]"
# "[[What Good Is Love]]"
# "[[Sun Smog Seahorse]]"
}}

'''"The Big House"''' is the 2nd song on [[Mark Eitzel]]'s 4th album, 1997’s tour-only CD ''[[Lover's Leap USA]]''. On some copies the track is referred to as "Second Song Sucks," while some refer to it as "Skip Over To Song 3".

==Lyrics==
The big house is lit up at night, 
an island in the calm of the storm 
Scattered meaningless shattered words 
and bored security guards 
The speaker stack is a wall too high to climb 
It protects you from the outside world 
Malice, jealousy and their hard, cruel touch 
I exchange the look - "Yeah, well, good luck" 
I turn my back - the gold-plated carrot on a stick - 
You just hurt my heart too much

Now you have a name, it doesn't matter who you are 
Don't think about it, maybe you'll go far 
Let them weigh you and judge you and let them use you as their tool 
Give it away, you give it away you fool

Thanks anyway for the backstage pass 
Watching the lights flash as you sing your song 
Who's this old creep backstage 
Don't know what I'm doing here, don't know where I belong 
It's as hollow as King Tut's womb 
Just drinking drinks and eating snacks 
The treadmill keeps moving the river green 
I can see your freedom slipping through the cracks

Now you have a name, it doesn't matter who you are 
Don't stop and think, face forward and you'll go far 
They'll weigh you and judge you and use you as their tool 
You give it away, you give it away you fool

Antique paintings from across the pond 
Chandeliers and porcelain figurines 
Kill this demon and a bigger one will follow 
Your heart in the big house, cold and hollow 
Remember those who protect you 
and not those who respect you 
What price do you pay for your honesty 
I gave my laminate to one of your fans 
I'm sure he'll make better use of it than me

Now you have a name, it doesn't matter who you are 
Just keep your head facing forward, maybe you'll go far 
They'll weigh you and judge you and use you as their tool 
And you give it away, you give it away you fool 
You beautiful fool 
You fool

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==References==
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[[Category:Mark Eitzel songs]]

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