Title: Living in My Key Verse 1 You hear goodbye in silence I feel the grip in your fear Every time we miss each other We swear the end feels near You rise up like a wildfire I shut down like a wall Neither one of us is cruel We brace — sometimes we fall Pre-Chorus 1 I don’t sing happy ’cause I cain’t I don’t sing happy ’cause I ain’t It’s hard to stay in something steady When the room gets tight with fear But I’ve seen the dark give way I’ve watched the window clear Chorus 1 It ain’t because I cain’t It ain’t because you won’t It’s just two wounded voices Each holding to their own We were callin’ it a love song Singin’ through our history Turns out I just hadn’t learned To live in my key Verse 2 You came in wantin’ safety I came in wantin’ space Every time you felt me driftin’ You saw goodbye in my face I wore pride like armor You carried old alarms We weren’t tryin’ to hurt each other We were guardin’ wounded hearts Pre-Chorus 2 I don’t sing happy easy But I’m learnin’ how to stay Even when it’s tight with tension I don’t turn and walk away Chorus 2 It ain’t because I cain’t It ain’t because you won’t I can sit beside your storm Without takin’ it on We weren’t out-of-key in love Just out-of-tune in fear Now I hear the man in you And you’re learnin’ to hear the woman in me Bridge Somewhere in the wreckage Between fight or flight I learned to name the ghosts Instead of blamin’ you or me Compassion ain’t surrender And it ain’t forgettin’ pain I can stand inside your storm Without callin’ it my rain Final Chorus It ain’t because I cain’t It ain’t because you won’t I can help you with the weight But I won’t carry what ain’t mine Still a little rough around it Still learnin’ how to stand Now I’m livin’ in my key Tag I don’t sing happy easy But I sing it free With compassion in my heart In my key
