[Verse 1]
I let my mind wander past the curtains
Through every room I never entered
Kept the questions folded in my jacket
Kept my hands where no one could read them
I learned to make a quiet entrance
A steady voice, a level face
No one saw the weather turning
No one saw what I erased
[Pre-Chorus]
I showed my heart one time
It came back wearing someone else’s fingerprints
So I built a door from iron
And forgot where I had left the key
[Chorus]
I look calm, I look stable
I can hold a room together
But beneath this measured breathing
There is nothing soft forever
I am locked behind the armor
Every feeling filed away
If you call this being human
Then I learned it the wrong way
[Verse 2]
I let the light fall on the table
Let the dark collect beneath it
Never gave the world a reason
Never gave my fear a feature
There’s a photograph inside me
One small hand against my chest
I remember being open
I don’t remember what came next
[Pre-Chorus]
I showed my heart one time
That was enough to make the silence permanent
Now every pulse is private
Every wound is dressed and disciplined
[Chorus]
I look calm, I look stable
I can hold a room together
But beneath this measured breathing
There is nothing soft forever
I am locked behind the armor
Every feeling filed away
If you call this being human
Then I learned it the wrong way
[Bridge]
Don’t mistake the stillness for peace
Don’t mistake the lock for sleep
I can stand beneath a clean white ceiling
And feel the whole thing underneath
I never acted on the darkness
Never let it cross my face
But a thought can live its whole life
In a body made of restraint
[Final Chorus]
I look calm, I look stable
I can hold a room together
But the person I protected
Has been buried there forever
I am sealed behind the armor
No confession, no display
If there’s anything still human
It is hiding far away
[Outro]
I let my mind wander
I let it pass unseen
I showed my heart once
Now nothing gets through me