[Verse 1]
Steel walls
Buzzing lights that never sleep
Keys on my hip
Like teeth in a metal grin
Boots on the waxed floor
Echo down the cinder hall
Somebody’s screaming in a cell
I pretend I didn’t hear it all
[Chorus]
Steel walls
Quiet heart
I walk that line in the dark
Locked doors
Raised voices
I’m drowning in other people’s choices
Steel walls
Quiet heart
I count my steps in the dark
Hold my breath through the shouting and sirens
Trying not to turn cold in the violence (hey)
[Verse 2]
Coffee gone bitter
By the time the sun comes up
Names on my clipboard
Stories I’m scared to touch
Fists on the window
Spit on the glass and laughs
I feel my own hands tightening
Around a past I can’t get back
[Chorus]
Steel walls
Quiet heart
I walk that line in the dark
Locked doors
Raised voices
I’m drowning in other people’s choices
Steel walls
Quiet heart
I count my steps in the dark
Hold my breath through the shouting and sirens
Trying not to turn cold in the violence
[Bridge]
Who am I
In this concrete maze
Am I guarding them
Or guarding my own rage
Every slam of the gate
Feels closer to my skin
I keep the keys on my hip
So the storm stays locked in
[Chorus]
Steel walls
Quiet heart
I walk that line in the dark
Locked doors
Raised voices
I’m drowning in other people’s choices
Steel walls
Quiet heart
I whisper a prayer in the dark
Hold my breath through the shouting and sirens
Begging my soul to survive this violence