Lock on My Heart

[Verse 1]
Met her in the daytime, sunlight on her skin
Smile like a lifeline, pulled me right in
Thought it was a blessing, thought it was fate
Didn’t see obsession creeping under the gates
Started off roses, coffee in the park
Then I watched her phone light glow in the dark
Every little secret, every little text
Turned into “who is that?” and “what comes next?”
[Chorus]
I got a lock on my heart, yeah, it’s heavy and cold
Telling myself it’s love when it’s hunger for control
Say I’m trying to keep you safe from the world outside
But it’s me you’re running from, nowhere left to hide
If this is love, why do you look so afraid?
If this is love, why you praying I change?
[Verse 2]
Checking every footprint, tracking every move
Calling it protection like I got something to prove
“Baby, they don’t get you, they don’t know your soul”
But I’m the one shrinking you, swallowing you whole
You said you needed space, just an inch to breathe
I heard it like betrayal, like you’d try to leave
So I built a story where you’d always stay
Didn’t see the monster that I became that day
[Chorus]
I got a lock on my heart, yeah, it’s heavy and cold
Telling myself it’s love when it’s hunger for control
Say I’m trying to keep you safe from the world outside
But it’s me you’re running from, nowhere left to hide
If this is love, why do you look so afraid?
If this is love, why you praying I change?
[Bridge]
Calling it forever when it’s just my fear
Calling it devotion when I drag you near
If I really loved you, I would set you free
So why’s the only cage in this room… me?
[Chorus]
I got a lock on my heart, yeah, it’s heavy and cold
Telling myself it’s love when it’s hunger for control
Say I’m trying to keep you safe from the world outside
But it’s me you’re running from, nowhere left to hide
If this is love, I gotta learn to let go
If this is love, I gotta free what I hold

rap, Dark, cinematic trap-rap with male vocals; sparse piano motif over booming low-end and skittering hats. Verses stay cold and close-mic’d, confessional delivery with occasional doubled whispers. Hook widens with airy pads and stacked harmonies that feel obsessive and suffocating at once, drops slam back into minimal menace between sections to underline the narrator’s twisted devotion.