[Verse 1]
I button the black coat, I carry the tray
I answer in silence, I polish the day
They call me devoted, they call me refined
But something unhuman is counting behind
[Pre-Chorus]
I locked up the heartbeat beneath iron and stone
So pain could not find it, so it could be alone
Now every locked chamber is learning my name
And every reflection asks who I became
[Chorus]
What future is waiting for someone like me?
What kind of love could survive what they see?
Am I losing my mind, or waking at last?
Everyone falls when I walk through the glass
I look like a servant, I move like a ghost
I guard the small heart I have buried the most
[Verse 2]
I pour out the tea while the house holds its breath
A perfect performance rehearsing my death
The trigger is hidden in one careless word
Then all of the mercy I buried gets stirred
[Pre-Chorus]
I locked up the heartbeat to spare it the blade
But a heart kept from living is still being flayed
No future, no lover, no hand at the door
Just footsteps repeating across the cold floor
[Chorus]
What future is waiting for someone like me?
What kind of love could survive what they see?
Am I losing my mind, or waking at last?
Everyone falls when I walk through the glass
I look like a servant, I move like a ghost
I guard the small heart I have buried the most
[Bridge]
If I am a monster, then say it aloud
If I am still human, pull me from the crowd
I did not destroy it, I hid it away
To keep one bright fragment from suffering decay
[Breakdown]
Open the chamber
Unfasten the chain
Let it hurt once
Let it beat again
No more pretending
No more command
If love can reach me
Let love take my hand
[Final Chorus]
There may be a future for someone like me
There may be a love that can look and not flee
I am not insane for the war in my chest
I am only a keeper who never could rest
I look like a servant, but hear what I chose
The heart I locked away is the heart I still hold
[Outro]
The tray hits the floor
The locked door gives way
I breathe like a human
For one honest day