Words Unsaid

I'm a prisoner
Of words unsaid
Just lonely feelings
Locked away in my head

I trap myself further
Every time I stay quiet
I should start to speak
But I stop and stay silent
And now I've made
My own hard bed
Inside a prison of words unsaid

Not a prisoner of war
A prisoner of words
Like a soldier
I'm a fighter
Yet these words aren’t mine
Often I only say
What you wanna hear
Could you take it if I came clear?

No. Like puppet for you
Following every move.

I guess that's what I am
Scraping this cold earth
For a piece of myself
For peace in myself
It'd be easier if we all were same
If you locked me away
I'd have someone to blame
But these bars of steel are of my making
They surround my mind
And have me shaking
My hands are cuffed behind my back
I'm a prisoner of the worst kind, in fact
A prisoner of compromise
Run too fast to be old
Forget what I’m told
Ain't I a sight to behold?
A prisoner of age dying to be young
To my head is my hand with a gun
And it's cold and it's hard
Cause there's nowhere to run
When you've caged yourself
By holding your tongue
I'm a prisoner
Of words unsaid
Just lonely feelings
Locked away in my head
It's like solitary confinement
Every time I stay quiet
I should start to speak
But I stop and stay silent
You want a piece of my mind

To give you peace of mind

All you need is a piece of mine

I don’t want to give you anything

But I know that you’ll take it

You can, and you have, and you will

I tried stopping you before but I don’t try anymore

So I hide behind walls and locked doors

Not the same walls and doors that you’ve thrown me against

No these ones will just stay in my mind

But my mind just might leave me bihind

With the words that I can’t ever find