Blocked Out By Love

[Verse 1]
House full of voices
All of them mine
Arguin’ in silence
Same old lines
Dad on the phone
Mom on the floor
Bills like bricks
Stacked by the door
I learned to listen
For doors that slam
For footsteps creakin’
For “here we go again”
I grew up flinchin’
At raised right hands
Even if they only
Held grocery bags
[Pre-Chorus]
Then your name hit my screen
Like a light through smoke
Heart slowed down
All the noise went ghost
You said “you good?”
I said “yeah
I’m fine”
But you heard the war
Between the lines (between the lines)
[Chorus]
When I’m with you
The walls stop talkin’
All my fears
Just fade into the carpet
Every bruise on my brain
Every ache in my chest
Slips out of focus
When your head’s on my neck
Yeah
The world falls apart
But it’s dust in your touch
Family storms still crash
But they don’t hit us
‘Cause when I see you
It all gets blocked out by love
Blocked out by love (hey)
Blocked out by love
[Verse 2]
We sit in your driveway
Engine still on
You trace my scars
As I play you songs
That I never let anyone hear
You say
“I like the broken
More than the clear”
I laugh too loud
Just to hide I’m scared
‘Cause you keep seein’
Things I buried there
Home is an attic
Locked in my head
But home with you
Is the front seat instead
[Pre-Chorus]
I hear plates in the sink
Like a starting gun
Back home they reload
Old fights for fun
But your hand finds mine
And the rage goes numb
Like you turned down the volume
On where I’m from (where I’m from)
[Chorus]
When I’m with you
The walls stop talkin’
All my fears
Just fade into the carpet
Every bruise on my brain
Every ache in my chest
Slips out of focus
When your head’s on my neck
Yeah
The world falls apart
But it’s dust in your touch
Family storms still crash
But they don’t hit us
‘Cause when I see you
It all gets blocked out by love
Blocked out by love (oh)
Blocked out by love
[Bridge]
We don’t fix the past
We just outshine it
You’re the quiet in my chest
Not the sirens
I still hear echoes
Of doors that slam
But they all go mute
When you hold my hand (yeah)
I ain’t runnin’ away
I’m runnin’ to you
Same old chaos
Different view
I used to pray for peace
Like some distant place
Didn’t know it’d feel
Like your arms and your face (yeah, yeah)
[Chorus]
When I’m with you
The walls stop talkin’
All my fears
Just fade into the carpet
Every bruise on my brain
Every ache in my chest
Slips out of focus
When your head’s on my neck
Yeah
The world falls apart
But it’s dust in your touch
Family storms still crash
But they don’t hit us
‘Cause when I see you
It all gets blocked out by love
Blocked out by love
Everything I’ve been runnin’ from
Gets blocked out by love

Dark cinematic hip-hop with NF-style intensity: moody piano over hard-hitting drums, subtle strings swelling in the hook. Verses in tight, percussive male vocals that build from confessional whispers to controlled shouts, chorus opens wide with layered harmonies and a soaring, melodic rap-sung topline. Occasional reverse-reverb swells and distant choirs to underline the release when love cuts through the chaos.