Let Me Out

Intro

Every little boy carries a man inside…

Every man still hears that boy cry sometimes.

Verse

Dirt-road mind, skyscraper heart

Little boots walkin’ miles in the dark

Mama’s lullaby stuck behind bars

I built with my own two scarred-up arms

Broken ‘fore I ever broke ground

Lost my laugh in the crib, never made a sound

Grew up angry with a critical mouth

Protectin’ a kid nobody found

Pre-chorus

Who am I meant to be?

What am I meant to see?

Whose eyes do I borrow to finally feel free?

Chorus

There’s a person inside me screamin’ “Let me out!”

A scared little boy where the hurt lives now

Askin’ “Am I wanted? Do I belong?”

I been runnin’ from his voice my whole life long

Tonight I’m huggin’ him tight like Daddy never did

Singin’ “You’re safe, little man, you’re enough”

Healing the man starts with lovin’ that kid

Verse

Parts of me fractured, hid in the past

Sharp tongue was armor made of cracked glass

Grief in my chest, guilt on my back

Shame in my veins like a cold-heart attack

I see him now—baby left alone

Cryin’ in a crib that never felt like home

I pick him up, rock him slow

“Little king, I got you—we breakin’ these chains, let’s go”

Chorus

There’s a person inside me screamin’ “Let me out!”

A scared little boy where the hurt lives now

Askin’ “Am I wanted? Do I belong?”

I been runnin’ from his voice my whole life long

Tonight I’m huggin’ him tight like Daddy never did

Singin’ “You’re safe, little man, you’re enough”

Healing the man starts with lovin’ that kid

Chorus

Now that boy and this man walkin’ side by side

Red-dirt road, lighter load, nothin’ left to hide

I forgive the ones who couldn’t hold me right

They were broken kids too, fightin’ their own nights

Bridge

My hidden soul ain’t lost in the stars

It’s been walkin’ beside me, countin’ every scar

Waitin’ till I was ready to see

The man and the child are both me

I sit with him daily, let him cry it out

“Big me’s drivin’ now—you can rest your feet, little scout”

All the voices that guarded me, thank y’all for the fight

Love’s takin’ the wheel tonight

Chorus

Who am I meant to be? Both, and I’m free

What am I meant to see? All this beauty

Through a child’s wide eyes and a grown man’s heart

I’m lovin’ myself from finish back to start

To myself I’ll be true till my dyin’ day

The person inside me finally found his way

Hey little me, close your eyes, go to sleep

Big me’s got the watch… everything’s gonna be okay.

Outro

In the mind of the child beats the heart of a man

In the heart of a man lives the mind of a child again

And tonight, little brother… we’re holdin’ hands.