Houses Me (Live)

Dumbledore couldn't have known when he brought me here
He wanted family blood so the charm would be stronger
And a muggle home where my childhood could be somewhat regular
Away from the magic world where I'm one of the most famous wizards

No one would have guessed with the death of James and Lily
Her sister given care of their baby
That she'd tuck him away under the stairs in the cupboard
An extra room upstairs I'm stuck alone in the cupboard

Found on your porch
And brought inside
A scarred baby
But not your own
Though number four
Privet Drive
Houses me
It's not my home

Petunia had no warning she'd be a carer for two
She doubled her baby load the night she heard the news
Now that I've had my own I can feel for her for what she was asked to do
But I also now know how it feels to have a toddler beaming up at you

How much did you hate James and Lily
That you couldn't bond with their baby
You just fed, clothed, and left him under the stairs in the cupboard
Does anybody care what's under the stairs in the cupboard

Found on your porch
And brought inside
A scarred baby
But not your own
Though number four
Privet Drive
Houses me
It's not my home

When thirteen and asked to find a memory
Strong enough to fight against my mother's dying scream
The first one able to conjure something
Was learning your cupboard
No longer houses me
No longer houses me

I worry that all these magical things
Are nothing more than trauma induced fantasies
I'm still tucked away under the stairs in the cupboard
Dreaming up an escape from under the stairs in the cupboard

Anything to give my parents death meaning
A reason for this suffering from the Dursleys
A piece of me is asleep under the stairs in the cupboard
(A piece of me is forever asleep in the cupboard)
Terrified one day I'll wake still under the stairs in the cupboard

Found on your porch
And brought inside
You've scarred me
Deeper than my bolt
Number four
Privet Drive
Is still haunting
Now that I'm grown

Number four
Privet Drive
Houses me
It's not my home