it was like I entered my home
and locked up the door
a feeling I'd felt
years before
don't a sign before it said 
"don't come here anymore"

now I'm here
and you're there
just waiting for me to speak
but you know it isn't easy
when words won't seem to leak

I didn't want it this way
I was just so scared
I don't want this to go away
but I don't know what else to say

if you're there and I'm here
then what am I to do
I can't just let you in
when I gained this fear of you

it's like boarding the doors 
because I've felt this before
the sign could never say
"I don't know anymore"

if I don't feel a thing
and birds no longer sing
maybe I'm afraid
of things I once had laid 

and you're just waiting here
and I'm but a mere
idea of something for which I once lost
a single ounce of fear

you know it isn't easy
when I lost my confidence
the house is even farther
behind walls, like a fence