Love Is A Locked Room (Version 1)

[intro] [muffled ticking, metal door slamming shut, reversed chords building into low riff] I let you in And you changed all the locks [verse 1] I built the room from velvet fears Lit candles made of dripping years You walked in like a storm so still And filled my cup, then let it spill [verse 2] You said it felt like sanctuary A quiet place to stop and bury But love’s not peace — it’s blades and breath And now I sleep in something less [pre-chorus] You left with all the warmth inside And sealed the door from your side [chorus 1] Love is a locked room and I lost the key Now I’m pacing with ghosts who look like me You painted beauty, then bled it dry Then slammed the door without goodbye I beg the walls to speak your name But they don’t answer — they just blame Love is a locked room — and I’m the floor You walked on, then ignored [instrumental break] [plucked guitar, soft ambient screams buried in layers] [verse 3] The windows sweat with what we hid Your shadows tell me what you did You kissed my hope like it was debt Then cashed me out in quiet threat [verse 4] I leave the light on just in case Your guilt comes crawling to this place But deep inside, I know it won’t You made a key — and I did not [pre-chorus] And still I knock, with knuckles raw But no one answers anymore [chorus 2] Love is a locked room and I lost the key You found escape, then swallowed me I scream for doors that won’t unfold For warmth gone stiff, for hands gone cold The only sound is rust and breath A metaphor for loving death Love is a locked room — and the air Still chokes me when you’re not there [bridge] [tempo slows, whispered vocals over low drone] This isn’t closure — it’s collapse This isn’t grief — it’s heart relapse [spoken interlude – quiet, broken delivery] "I gave you shelter… you made it a cell." [final chorus] Love is a locked room and I lost the key But I won’t knock forever — you’ll see I’ll carve the walls with who I was And set the fire, just because You left me with no way to leave So now I burn what I believed Love is a locked room — and tonight I’ll make my own …exit …light [outro] [slow guitar fadeout, door creaks… slam shut]