[Verse 1:]
I keep my heart behind iron doors,
Layered in silence, bolted floors,
No one’s touched what’s underneath,
Dust on the handle, rust on the teeth.
I learned young how to hide the code,
Carry my secrets down every road,
Cold metal pressed against my chest,
No one gets in, no one gets blessed.
[Pre-Chorus:]
But you —
You look at me like you can see
The shape of every missing piece.
[Chorus:]
You’re the key I never meant to need,
Cut too sharp, too perfectly,
Slide inside and turn so slow,
Every wall begins to go.
Click — I’m open, can’t you see?
You unlock what cages me,
I was safe in secrecy…
Now it’s you and me — lock and key.
[Verse 2:]
Your touch fits like a whispered sin,
Like you’ve always known where I’ve been,
Tracing lines along my spine,
Like reading braille between the lines.
You don’t force it, you don’t pry,
Just wait there with that patient eye,
Silver glint in the half-lit room,
Like you already know I’ll bloom.
[Pre-Chorus:]
And I —
I never meant to let you try,
But you were made to fit inside.
[Chorus:]
You’re the key I never meant to need,
Cut too sharp, too perfectly,
Slide inside and turn so slow,
Every wall begins to go.
Click — I’m open, can’t you see?
You unlock what cages me,
I was safe in secrecy…
Now it’s you and me — lock and key.
[Bridge (darker, softer):]
What if once you turn me wide,
There’s nothing sacred left inside?
What if love’s just breaking through,
Every chamber I outgrew?
But your fingers trace the seam,
Like you were forged inside my dream,
Not to shatter — not to flee,
But to set the hidden free.
[Final Chorus:]
You’re the key I tried to lose,
The only risk I couldn’t refuse,
Turn me open, let it be,
No more locks between you and me.
Click — the silence breaks in two,
Every hidden part says “you,”
No more chains, no more plea…
We’re the same — lock and key.
[Outro:]
Iron doors fall quietly,
No more hiding what I keep,
Some loves aren’t meant to be free —
They’re written deep in lock and key.
Eilidhschy
