The Room Where I'm Free

Verse 1

Knock on the door again

Three in the afternoon

He says the world is out there waiting

But I've got my own moon

He thinks I'm wasting daylight

Staring at these walls

But he don't see the freedom

In the quiet when it calls

Pre-Chorus

And I could try to explain it

But he wouldn't understand

This room is not a prison

It's a place where I can stand

Chorus

Dad you keep on asking

Why I stay inside

But out here I don't have to

Wear a mask or hide

This room is where I'm somebody

Where nobody decides

Who I am or how I feel

Or what I do with my own time

Verse 2

His voice comes through the doorframe

Like a question I can't shake

He says come out and join the living

But I'm alive for heaven's sake

He don't see the colors

That I paint across my mind

He just sees the curtains closed

And all the hours that I find

Pre-Chorus

And maybe someday I'll open up

And let him in to see

But right now these four walls

Are the only place I'm free

Chorus

Dad you keep on asking

Why I stay inside

But out here I don't have to

Wear a mask or hide

This room is where I'm somebody

Where nobody decides

Who I am or how I feel

Or what I do with my own time

Bridge

No eyes to watch me stumble

No voices telling me what's wrong

Just me and all my honest thoughts

And a place to sing along

I know he means it kindly

I know he wants me near

But sometimes being loved too loud

Is the hardest thing to hear

Chorus

Dad you keep on asking

Why I stay inside

But out here I don't have to

Wear a mask or hide

This room is where I'm somebody

Where nobody decides

Who I am or how I feel

Or what I do with my own time

Outro

Mm

Maybe one day I'll come out

But not today

Mm

Not today