Songwriting Book #1

Trapped

Intro:

Visiting hours are over

Time for isolation

Verse #1:

I know I'm not smart or pretty,

You don't need to remind me

I check none of the boxes

Doesn't matter how hard I'm trying

So instead of self improvement

I rely on crying

Who needs sleep?

My confidence is already dying

Pre Chorus:

So I'll just stand here

As they take me away

My social anxiety,

Act like cops in my brain

Chorus:

I'm trapped

In a prison cell

No escape

If I try, it won't end well

Dressed in my black and white striped attire

No, I don't look good

When do I ever?

So I cry

To chase away the lonely nights

My only company,

the voices I hear in my mind,

Such a loud echoing sound

I can try to ignore it

But I can't ignore my heart that pounds

So loudly it's screaming "let me out"

Verse #2:

I can't move past these thoughts,

Like a ball and chain behind me

Dragging me away

Crushing any dreams of liberty

My insecurities act like chains

My confidence

Eternally crumbling

I'll never be satisfied if the mirror's in front of me

Pre Chorus:

So I'll just stand here

As they take me away

My social anxiety,

Act like cops in my brain

Chorus:

I'm trapped

In a prison cell

No escape

If I try, it won't end well

Dressed in my black and white striped attire

No, I don't look good

When do I ever?

So I cry

To chase away the lonely nights

My only company,

the voices I hear in my mind,

Such a loud echoing sound

I can try to ignore it

But I can't ignore my heart that pounds

Screaming "let me out"

Bridge:

Is it impossible,

To be happy with who I am?

Can I move past,

All the voices in my head?

My insecurities,

Become voices I hear shouting

My good qualities,

All hidden away from me

Don't know how to be happy as myself

The standard I set on an unreachable shelf

Try as I might I can't scream for help

Tired of being a burden

Tired of having my confidence stolen

I'm the victim and the suspect

(ohhhhh)

In a prison cell

(ohhhhh)

In a prison cell

(ohhhhh)

In a prison cell

Stuck here screaming "let me out"

Chorus:

I'm trapped

In a prison cell

No escape

If I try, it won't end well

Dressed in my black and white striped attire

No, I don't look good

When do I ever?

So I cry

To chase away the lonely nights

My only company,

the voices I hear in my mind,

Such a loud echoing sound

I can try to ignore it

But I can't ignore my heart that pounds

So loudly it's screaming "let me out"

(ohhhhh)

In a prison cell

(ohhhhh)

In a prison cell

(ohhhhh)

In a prison cell

Stuck here screaming "let me out"

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This has been a work in progress for well over a week, I've been working on it on and off. This is one of those songs I write when I'm feeling super insecure and need a way to vent but there's not many people to talk to after midnight. 

I hope you like it <3

Love,

Crystal