Paper Walls

We built a house from paper walls
Painted brave across the cracks
Told the truth in whispers low
Then quietly took it back

Every promise folded thin
Like letters never sent
Careful with the fragile parts
Too scared to show what we meant

I kept smoothing out the creases
Hoping they’d disappear
But every time the wind would rise
It brought another fear

We called it safe
We called it strong
But safety’s just where hearts go wrong

Paper walls, paper hearts
Holding weight they can’t contain
Every storm, every spark
Leaves another tear and stain
Paper walls, paper dreams
Floating just above the fall
If love was real and strong enough
Why did it feel so small

I memorized the careful steps
The way we learned to bend
Avoid the truth, avoid the fight
Pretend we wouldn’t end

You said we didn’t need the rain
That clouds would pass us by
But thunder doesn’t ask permission
Lightning doesn’t lie

I I felt the tremble in the floor
Before it hit the ground
But we were masters at pretending
We never heard the sound

We called it calm
We called it peace
But silence only grows the grief

Paper walls, paper hearts
Holding weight they can’t contain
Every storm, every spark
Leaves another tear and stain
Paper walls, paper dreams
Floating just above the fall
If love was real and strong enough
Why did it feel so small

Maybe love was never weak
Maybe we just feared the fire
Maybe truth was all it needed
To take it higher

I’d rather stand in pouring rain
Than hide where nothing moves
Better soaked in something real
Than dry inside a fragile room

No more walls, no more fear
Let the sky come crashing through
If it breaks, at least it’s honest
At least it’s true
No more paper holding back
What my heart was meant to be
If it falls, I’ll build again
But stronger
Stronger than we

Let it tear
Let it fall
I won’t live inside paper walls