LYRIC FOR SALE

By Alija

(Verse 1)

I built my heart in quiet pieces,

Brick by brick, no windows wide.

Learned to lock it, learned to guard it,

Learned to let the soft parts hide.


I used to love like it was reckless,

Now I love like it’s a war.

Keep my feelings on a leash

With my back against the door.


They call me cold, I call it careful.

Call it balance, call it art.

I don’t give what I can’t survive

If you decide to tear it apart.


(Pre-Chorus)


You look at me like I don’t tremble,

Like I don’t bruise beneath your touch.

But I just learned to hold my breath

When I start feeling too much.


(Chorus)

Maybe I look heartless

When I don’t say what I feel.

But silence is the only way

I know what’s safe and what is real.


Maybe I look heartless

When I don’t fall at your feet.

But I’ve learned desire can taste like heaven

And still leave you incomplete.


(Verse 2)


You move closer, slow and patient,

Like you’re studying my skin.

Like you’re trying to read the story

Of the places I’ve been.

Your fingers trace the quiet tension

That I pretend is gone.

You kiss me like you understand

I’ve been alone too long.

Under your hands I almost soften,

Almost let the armor slip.

But vulnerability is a language

That still trembles on my lips.

You say I’m distant when I’m thinking,

Say I’m colder than I seem.

But you don’t know how loud it gets

Inside of me when I let you in.


(Pre-Chorus)


I don’t run because I’m careless.

I don’t freeze because I’m numb.

I just learned that when you love too deep

You forget how to come back from it.


(Chorus)


Maybe I look heartless

When I don’t reach for your hand.

But I’m scared of how your touch

Feels like something I can’t command.


Maybe I look heartless

When I don’t say “don’t go.”

But the truth is I want you closer

More than I let you know.


(Bridge)

If you ever saw me unguarded,

No steel, no steady tone

You’d see I’m not heartless.

I just learned to survive alone.


I don’t need dramatic devotion,

I don’t need a loud display.

I just need someone who stays close

When I start pulling away.


(Final Chorus)

Maybe I look heartless…

But my pulse still moves for you.

And the coldest parts of me

Melt when you come through.

Maybe I look heartless

But that’s just what I show.

If you stay long enough beside me,

You’ll feel what I don’t let go.