Searching for a key To set an iron heart free Looking for an answer To wash away the hushed tears at night It’s time to understand The feeling beneath shadowing lashes Tired yet still trying Sing the same smile over and over again

Won’t let the words escape with the time As secret sorrows cover tight lips Won’t let the truth reveal As if showing it has consequences Why hold back and leave a blank

Should have known better But no matter hard I try to keep the butterflies away They keep crawling back

So keeping time knitting hopes and dreams That someday the wall will disappear And I could find the key To open the iron heart