1.) I hid my heart in a concrete box Without any holes or openings Where sunlight can seep through And my heart didn't know That there was something out there Other than darkness
2.) I hid my heart in a concrete box And locked it as tight as I could I swallowed the key Now I think it is stuck Somewhere inside my chest Because there is an ache right there And it hurts to breathe
3.) I hid my heart in a concrete box And buried it beneath The center of my left palm I have spent countless hours Staring at my hand And wondering why It was bruised and bleeding
4.) I hid my heart in a concrete box Without holes or openings I locked it as tight as I could And buried it beneath The center of my palm Thinking it would be safer that way Thinking that nothing can hurt me that way
I hid my heart in a concrete box In time it had suffocated
I never noticed that it was beating Until it stopped