No key

“No Key”

Verse 1

I smile at the table but I don’t got a chair

Laugh in the room but I’m barely there

Blood don’t feel like blood no more

Home feel like a hallway, never a door

I learned how to be quiet real young

Learned how to be strong when love felt numb

They say “family’s everything,” yeah I know

But tell me why I always feel alone

Pre-Chorus

I show up with love, I show up with care

But somehow I’m always standing somewhere else

I’m close enough to see it all

But too far to ever be involved

Chorus

He got keys, but I don’t get in

I hear the laughter but I’m not within

I see the pictures, they look so whole

While I’m holding pieces of a lonely soul

I don’t got a key

I don’t got a place

Just love in my hands

And tears on my face

You say you understand, but you don’t see

How it hurts to love a life that don’t include me

Verse 2

I love a man with a life before

With little faces I’d protect for sure

But I’m blocked by walls I didn’t build

Paying a price for choices I never killed

Baby mama says “no one around”

So I sit outside love, don’t make a sound

I respect it, I really do

But respect don’t stop the ache inside you

Pre-Chorus

I don’t wanna cross no lines or fight

I just wanna feel like I belong somewhere in this life

I’m not tryna take, I’m not tryna replace

I just don’t wanna feel erased

Chorus

He got keys, but I don’t get in

I hear the laughter but I’m not within

I see the pictures, they look so whole

While I’m holding pieces of a lonely soul

I don’t got a key

I don’t got a name

I’m loving a family

That don’t feel the same

You say you understand, but you don’t see

How it hurts to love a life that don’t include me

Bridge (spoken or sung soft)

I know the rules

I know the reasons

I know patience is love in seasons

But nights get long when you don’t belong

When you doing right but still feel wrong

I don’t hate her

I don’t blame the kids

I don’t regret loving him

I just wish someone saw me too

Standing here with a heart so true

Final Chorus

He got keys, and I’m proud of him

But I’m tired of being the almost-in

I don’t want pity, I don’t want to flee

I just want a family that chooses me

I don’t got a key

But I got a heart

That’s been breaking quiet

Right from the start

And if love means waiting endlessly

Tell me who’s holding space for me

Outro

I’m not asking for your life

I’m just asking for a place

Somewhere I don’t feel invisible

Somewhere I feel safe