castle walls

castle walls

you're so afraid to fly
you clip your own wings
say i could never soar so high
since childhood memories
on the playground swings
where the hardest thing to hit
was the gravel down below
so you cut down all your hopes
than fight to make them grow
keep it safe with ebb and flow

i see you call it equilibrium
the more you lose the more you leave
and harder the fall, the bigger the wall
hiding the cracks that show through it all
i see you call it your aquarium
a world so deep behind fragile glass
swim away as people pass
but baby you're just waterworks

and you know its more than maybe

that you became your own enemy

won the fight you fought so hard to lose

so regret became your choice to choose

that's all it takes to look away

from anything the shade of grey

cause it's safer for your own heart to steal

than face anything it could well feel

than face anything less than real