The House Behind My Eyes

[Verse 1]
I built a house behind my eyes
With every door I wouldn’t try
The hall remembers what I said
Each floorboard keeps a different debt
I pass the room where blame sits still
A cup gone cold upon the sill
I hear you ask me, “Who are you?”
I count the cracks instead of truth

[Pre-Chorus]
The locks are made of things I hide
The key is hanging on my side

[Chorus]
There’s a house inside my head
Where the old words make their beds
Regret in the rafters, guilt in the walls
Shame keeps calling from the halls
But I can open one more door
And be the one I was before
I don’t have to live in there
I can leave the rooms of fear

[Verse 2]
I find my younger self upstairs
Still holding tight to someone’s stare
I sit beside him on the floor
No verdict waiting at the door
We name the hurt, we let it be
Not every wound defines the key
The windows stick; I push them wide
And let the morning reach inside

[Chorus]
There’s a house inside my head
Where the old words make their beds
Regret in the rafters, guilt in the walls
Shame keeps calling from the halls
But I can open one more door
And be the one I was before
I don’t have to live in there
I can leave the rooms of fear

[Outro]
I leave the key beside the stair
The house is there; I’m not its heir