A Locked Mind
A locked mind
No one told me how to turn off your mind
after a mentally exhausting day.
No one told me how you can lay there
all night in doubt.
No feelings really figured out.
I could ramble all day & act fine and okay
Truthfully you’d know no better.
You’d never know I still cry myself to sleep
You’d never know the thoughts are killing me
I wandered when I can find the off key
I wonder what it’d be like for my mind to be blank.
Honestly, I know I’m not the only one out there struggling.
I know I’m not the only one out there
just trying to find the courage to breathe.
I know I’m not the only one haunted by the past
too afraid for the future.
I wish I could meet them, and say hello
I wish I could tell them it gets better
That you don’t always feel alone.
I wish I could convince them that the next breathe doesn’t hurt so bad.
I would tell them the off switch is inside of your head
The off switch is right there all along
You just have to be courageous & strong
Truthfully I wish I could say that in all honesty.
But I haven’t found the off switch,
no I haven’t found the key.
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