[Verse 1]
First one in years
You touched old scars awake
I kept the door locked
Then you found every key
I had my own rules
My own lonely kingdom
You came in gentle
Like mercy with a name
[Pre-Chorus]
Now I read your eyes
Like a page I can't unlearn
I saw myself in fire
Then I watched it burn
[Chorus]
Prison of my mind
Prison of my mind
I still hear your name
When the hall goes quiet
Prison of my mind
Prison of my mind
You broke me open
Then you taught me how to breathe (how to breathe)
[Verse 2]
I quoted old verses
When my hands shook bad
Said "this too shall pass"
Like a prayer in the dark
You were my first truth
After years on the shelf
I gave you my soft parts
And forgot to guard myself
[Pre-Chorus]
Still I see your face
In the glass of my turning heart
Like a kid in a storm
Trying to light the dark
[Chorus]
Prison of my mind
Prison of my mind
I still hear your name
When the hall goes quiet
Prison of my mind
Prison of my mind
You broke me open
Then you taught me how to breathe (how to breathe)
[Bridge]
If love was a lesson
Then I failed with grace
If pain was a witness
It saw my real face
But I am not that cell
I am not that chain
I can bleed and heal
I can say your name
[Chorus]
Prison of my mind
Prison of my mind
I still hear your name
When the hall goes quiet
Prison of my mind
Prison of my mind
I let you go now
And I keep the light (keep the light)