I have some stories I
Would like to tell but I
Have sworn myself to secrecy
I have some deep regrets
Some things you don't forget

They haunt you for eternity



Things I could not control

I was too young to know

I needed to protect myself



Some people mean you harm

They'll see how hurt you are

And use you to enjoy themselves



But I don't fear that now

I found my own way out

And I will use those lessons well



Some specificities

Some changed identities

And all the truth that I can tell

And all the truth that I can tell



I pace the dressing room

I feel myself consumed

By joy and fear for what's to come



My friends are playing now

Oh man, how good they sound

And my nerves burn until I'm numb



They play their biggest tune

Back here I sing it too

And when they're done

I strum some chords



I tune up my guitar

Grab something from the bar

Then pace around a little more



I sing a little bit

I save the rest of it

For what's to come when I walk out



I'm nervous I'll admit

That's just a part of it

And honestly, I like that now



I take the stage and I

Collapse in fractured rhyme

Surrounded by a crowd of friends



They sing along with me

We trade the melody

And I hope that will never end



And then I go backstage

And my friends pair away

In cabs and cars and bikes and trains



And I find solitude

And I call home to you

And you call me your secret name



And I say what a show

You shoulda seen em though

I wish I could take them with me



And you just kinda laugh

Say I already have

They're in you now

They'll always be



They're in you now

They'll always be



I have some stories I

Would like to tell but I

Have sworn myself to secrecy