Closed Doors, Open Ears

Pre-Chorus

Closed doors don't keep the sound out

They only keep the truth from being said

Chorus

I heard it all, I felt it all

I lived it from the other side

Of every door you thought was shut

Of every story you thought you could hide

I'm not you, I'm not you

I carry what you left, not who you were

A girl who heard too much, too young

And never had a place to put it

Verse 2

I was sixteen when I found my voice

And I looked you in the eye

I told you I was done with you

For the gambling, for the lies

For every time you broke my mother

And she stayed and played it down

I said it clear, I said it calm

And I closed the door right then

Pre-Chorus

But I kept it neutral, kept it polite

Not for you, for her

Because she asked me to, because she needed

The peace to stay a peace

Chorus

I heard it all, I felt it all

I lived it from the other side

Of every door you thought was shut

Of every story you thought you could hide

I'm not you, I'm not you

I carry what you left, not who you were

A girl who heard too much, too young

And never had a place to put it

Verse 3

Then came your letter at the end

"You never asked how I was"

But I'd already said my piece

Years before, and meant it, and without pause

You wrote it like a verdict

But it landed like a weight

And I'm still learning it's not mine

To carry, though it came my way

Bridge

I'm quiet around people now

Because I learned in that house

That feeling everything out loud

Never made the pain go out

But I'm not the silence you left

I'm not the secret or the lie

I'm the girl who saw it all

And I'm still here, and still alive

Final Chorus

I heard it all, I felt it all

But I don't have to be the echo

Of every door you thought was shut

Of every wound you let grow

I'm not you, I'm not you

I'm the one who spoke, who closed the door

Who carried it for years, in silence

And who doesn't have to carry it anymore

Outro (soft, almost spoken)

They thought a closed door was a wall

And I was on the other side

Hearing everything

And I'm still here