LOCKED
OUT.

VERSE 1

Streetlights buzzing, quarter to two
Mascara running, thinking of you
Phone says twelve missed calls again
Guess I lost before I could explain

My house is dark except one light
The porch is cold, the door pulled tight
I knock once, then twice, then ten
Nobody lets me back in

PRE-CHORUS

I wasn’t trying to disappear
I just wanted someone to want me here

CHORUS

I’m locked out
Keys in my pocket but they changed the lock somehow
Screaming through the window
Nobody hears me now

If home’s supposed to save you
Why does it hurt like this?
I’m freezing in the driveway
Blowing goodbye with a kiss

I’m locked out…
Maybe I always was.

VERSE 2

Your hoodie still smells like smoke
You kissed my neck and called it hope
You said forever felt so close
Until I stood here all alone

Mom says I’m becoming someone else
Dad says I did this to myself
Maybe they’re both right tonight
Maybe love just picks a fight

PRE-CHORUS

The neighbors close their curtains slow
Like broken girls are normal shows

CHORUS

I’m locked out
My bedroom’s glowing but it’s someone else’s now
Every picture on the mantle
Looks better without me somehow

If home’s supposed to find you
Why am I lost again?
I’m crying in the flower bed
Waiting for morning to begin

I’m locked out…
Maybe I always was.

BRIDGE

So I sat on the porch
Until the sunrise came
Wondering when “growing up”
Started feeling like shame

The boy drove home
He slept just fine
I wore the blame
Like it was mine

I wasn’t perfect…
I was just sixteen.

FINAL CHORUS

I’m locked out
But someday they’ll hear me through these speakers loud
Every word they never listened to
Will echo through this crowd

One day this driveway
Won’t be the place I break
I’ll build a home inside these songs
That nobody can take

I’m locked out…
But I’m not staying here.

OUTRO

The porch light finally turned off…
So I stopped waiting.