Hidden by the Walls

Verse 1]

We stood so close, but never crossed the line

You kept your secrets, I kept holding mine

Every little look had something left to say

But we were young and thought we’d have another day

Maybe fear was louder than our hearts

Maybe silence kept us safe apart

We had all the words but let them fall

Somewhere hidden by the walls

Hidden by the walls

Was everything we never said at all

Every “stay,” every “choose me,” every time I almost called

We were standing at the doorway

But neither one would move

Now twelve years later, I’m still finding pieces of the truth

Of a love we never got to lose

Hidden by the walls

I found old words I’d written long ago

Proof that there were things I didn’t even know I knew

You asked me once, I thought you might be joking

And when I was free, we left the door unopened

If I could find that younger version of me

I’d whisper, “Don’t be scared of what this could be”

Ask the question, let him hear the truth

Before forever steals the chance from you

Hidden by the walls

Was the life we never lived at all

Every kiss we never took, every photograph we never saw

I can’t go back and open

Every door we left untouched

But if you ever wondered if you mattered—

You mattered that much

And all the words I couldn’t say

Are hidden by the walls

I wish we’d broken through the walls.