**[INTRO — ETHEREAL / soft]**
I built a home inside the silence,
Where nobody can find me.
You were my favorite feeling...
Now you're what I hide behind me.
**[VERSE 1 — SOFT / DREAMY]**
I loved you like the ocean loves the moon,
Pulled by something I could never understand.
Then every promise turned to poison,
And I let you go before you left my hands.
Now I keep the curtains closed,
Let the daylight disappear.
It's easier to hate the world
Than admit I wish you were here.
I push away the ones who love me,
Expecting them to go.
Every time somebody gets close,
I build another wall of stone.
**[PRE-CHORUS — FALSETTO]**
Don't come looking,
Don't knock on my door.
If I let you in,
I'll lose myself once more.
**[CHORUS — WIDE / DREAMY HARMONIES]**
I love you, I hate you,
I hate that I still care.
I want you beside me,
Then wish you weren't there.
I'm hiding from everybody,
But I'm begging you to stay.
I keep building walls around me,
Then wonder why I feel this way.
**[VERSE 2 — ATMOSPHERIC]**
There's a war inside my chest
Between who I could be
And the one who learned that loneliness
Was safer than needing somebody.
I replay every conversation,
Every word I should've changed.
I turn affection into distance,
Then blame myself when you walk away.
Maybe love isn't the enemy,
Maybe I'm afraid of what it means.
Letting someone hold your heart
Means giving them the chance to leave.
**[BRIDGE — FLOATING / REVERBED]**
If I disappear,
Would you come find me?
If I said I'm fine,
Would you look behind me?
I don't want to be alone...
I just don't know how to let you close.
**[BREAKDOWN — HEAVY / EMOTIONAL]**
I'M SICK OF LOVING THROUGH A WALL!
SICK OF PRETENDING I DON'T CARE!
I BUILT THIS CAGE TO KEEP YOU OUT—
NOW I'M THE ONE TRAPPED IN HERE!
**[FINAL CHORUS — MASSIVE / ETHEREAL]**
I love you, I hate you,
I hate that I still care.
I want you beside me,
Then wish you weren't there.
I'm hiding from everybody,
But I'm begging you to stay.
Maybe these walls I've built around me
Are the things I need to break.
**[OUTRO — WHISPERED / FADING]**
I don't need you to save me...
I just need to stop
saving myself
from being loved.