[Verse 1]
I learned to bite my tongue
Before I learned to pray
Smile when the room gets heavy
Swallow it and stay
Dad said, “Hold it in”
Like that was how to live
So I wore a quiet armor
And forgot how to give
I got pain in my chest
That I never let out
Hard to call it weakness
When that’s all you been about
[Pre-Chorus]
I sit with it alone
Till it turns to stone
I need a place to fall
But I keep it on my own
[Chorus]
Locked away, locked away
I keep my heart in chains
Locked away, locked away
And I don’t say the names
I’m breaking slow
I’m breaking slow
But I can’t let it show
Locked away, locked away
That’s the way I know
[Verse 2]
Brother, I seen you nod
When your eyes say “I’m gone”
We both got different faces
Same dark room we’re drawn from
We trade jokes for cover
We trade smoke for peace
But the thing that haunts us
Never leaves the lease
At the barber shop chair
At the dinner plate
We talk ’bout work and weather
Then we seal the gate
And I hate that we do this
Every time we bleed
We got whole lives screaming
And no words we can need
[Pre-Chorus]
I sit with it alone
Till it turns to stone
I need a place to fall
But I keep it on my own
[Chorus]
Locked away, locked away
I keep my heart in chains
Locked away, locked away
And I don’t say the names
I’m breaking slow
I’m breaking slow
But I can’t let it show
Locked away, locked away
That’s the way I know
[Bridge]
Maybe strength ain’t silence
Maybe fear ain’t fate
Maybe one small truth
Could come through the gate
If I say I’m hurting
Would you still stay near?
If I let the flood come
Would you disappear?
[Final Chorus]
Locked away, locked away
I keep my heart in chains
Locked away, locked away
And I don’t say the names
I’m breaking slow
I’m breaking slow
But I can’t let it show
Locked away, locked away
Please don’t leave me here
[Outro]
I’ve been tough so long
I forgot my own name
Locked away, locked away
Still begging for a flame