Verse 1
There’s a sign on the door
But nobody reads it
Paint peeling from the walls
Still nobody sees it
I built this place myself
Piece by piece, brick by brick
A home for all the things
I never learned to fix
I keep the hallway empty
I keep the curtains closed
Because the parts of me I hide
Are the parts that hurt the most
Pre-Chorus
Don’t ask what’s underneath
Don’t look too far inside
Some things are easier to bury
Than explain why they survived
Chorus
Do not enter
There’s a warning on my heart
A little piece of me that says
“Don’t get too close, you’ll fall apart”
There’s a room I never open
There’s a truth I never show
I built a house around my feelings
And forgot how to go home
So if you see me smiling
Please don’t assume I’m okay
There’s a whole world behind this door
That I keep locked away
Verse 2
I memorised the footsteps
Of every fear I’ve known
I know which ones come back at night
When I feel most alone
I put my memories in boxes
And hide them in the walls
But somehow every single one
Still echoes through the halls
I paint over the cracks
I make everything look new
But the damage underneath
Still knows exactly what to do
Pre-Chorus
Don’t knock too loudly
Don’t ask me what you’ll find
I spent years building this shelter
From the storms inside my mind
Chorus
Do not enter
There’s a warning on my heart
A little piece of me that says
“Don’t get too close, you’ll fall apart”
There’s a room I never open
There’s a truth I never show
I built a house around my feelings
And forgot how to go home
So if you see me smiling
Please don’t assume I’m okay
There’s a whole world behind this door
That I keep locked away
Bridge
Maybe the door was never meant
To keep everybody out
Maybe I was just afraid
Of what they’d say if they found out
Maybe the things I tried to hide
Were never meant to shame me
Maybe the broken parts of me
Are the things that saved me
Final Chorus
No more “do not enter”
No more hiding every scar
I’ll let somebody see the rooms
I’ve kept locked inside my heart
There’s still a mess inside me
There’s still a lot to heal
But maybe being seen by someone
Is the most human thing to feel
So open up the door slowly
Don’t expect a perfect view
It’s a house full of memories
But it’s a house that’s still lived in too
Outro
The sign is fading now
The lock is wearing thin
Maybe the place I feared the most
Was where I needed to begin.
Rin
