YOU DON’T WANT INSIDE MY HEAD (Alt 1)

Intro You keep asking what I’m thinking. Brother... You don’t want inside my head.

Verse 1 I learned to smile without showing teeth Shake a hand while the shadows speak Keep my coat clean, keep my answers short Never tell the truth in an open court I’ve got old names under my tongue Half-dead prayers that were never sung There’s a locked black room behind my eyes And something in it knows when I lie

Pre-Chorus You see me quiet You call it peace You don’t hear What I keep underneath

Chorus You don’t want inside my head Where the good things went to die Where every road comes back in red And every truth learns how to lie You don’t want inside my head There ain’t no mercy living there I’ve spent my whole life keeping it shut Brother... Don’t make me meet you there Inside my head... Stay out.

Verse 2 I keep a chair for the man I was He never speaks, but he watches us There’s a child still counting cracks Waiting on someone who ain’t coming back There’s a preacher with a mouth full of smoke There’s a hanging tree and a broken rope There’s a wolf that scratches behind the wall And every night, I can hear him call

Pre-Chorus You think I’m cold You think I’m gone Truth is, I’ve been Holding something down too long

Chorus You don’t want inside my head Where the good things went to die Where every road comes back in red And every truth learns how to lie You don’t want inside my head There ain’t no mercy living there I’ve spent my whole life keeping it shut Brother... Don’t make me meet you there

Bridge There’s no devil on my shoulder He moved in years ago He don’t tempt me He don’t threaten He just tells me what I know That every man has one dark room He swears he’ll never show Mine has my name above the door And yours is knocking below

Breakdown So when I say “I’m doing fine” Take the kindness Take the lie Don’t dig deeper Don’t come near Some answers Ain’t meant for human ears You don’t want inside my head Where the buried never sleep Where every promise I once made Still crawls around beneath my feet You don’t want inside my head You won’t come back the way you went I barely make it out each morning And I... I already know the rent Brother... You don’t want inside my head.

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