(Verse 1 – slow, sparse guitar picking) I don't know how long it's been, The days blur into night again. Clock hands spin but they don't mean a thing, Just me and the silence that loneliness brings. Walls close in like a padded cell, A prison I built, and I built it well. Too scared to run, too tired to fight, So I sit in the dark, turn away from the light. (melancholy guitar slide) (Chorus – full band swells slightly) This boxed up room, it’s all I’ve known, Talkin’ to shadows, makin’ friends with my phone. *(soft harmony echo: “with my phone”) I just need a whisper, a soft little sign, A taste of love or a flicker of time. Yeah, I’ve been gone too long, But I’m tryna be strong— (drums kick in gently) Steppin’ out of this boxed up room. (hold and fade) (Verse 2 – return to minimal, voice carries weight) I forget how to speak when someone draws near, My words get tangled in the webs of fear. A touch feels like a spark, like a dream gone wild, But it's just my heart—been lonely a while. (piano adds soft chords) They say I come on strong, too fast, too deep, But I’ve had passion locked down, buried so steep. What feels like love might just be the need, To feel seen, to be real, to finally breathe. (slight rise in vocal power) (Chorus – build more emotion) This boxed up room, it’s all I’ve known, Talkin’ to ghosts, learnin’ how to be alone. I just need a whisper, someone to understand, (falsetto touch) Not to fix me, just to hold my hand. Yeah, I’ve been gone too long, But I’m tryna be strong— Steppin’ out of this boxed up room. (let that last note hang, with light vibrato) (Bridge – stripped back, almost acapella with light keys) Maybe the world forgot my face, But I still dream of some warm embrace. My life sentence is over, I’ve done my time, Now I’m standing at the edge, hopin’ for a sign. (Final Chorus – full soul, gospel harmonies) This boxed up room, I’m leavin’ it slow, One step at a time, just lettin’ it go. *(choir hums soft background “ohhh”) If you got a moment, won’t you walk with me, Out of this shadow, into who I could be. Yeah, I’ve been gone too long, But I’m tryna be strong— Steppin’ out of this boxed up room... Into the song... of the world I knew. (fade with sustained piano and single note guitar bend)
