Lyrics
[verse]
I was small when the walls went quiet
I learned to read the storm before it came
I kept the peace with a borrowed smile
And swallowed every word I couldn't name
[verse]
The hands that should have held me steady
Were busy breaking something in themselves
So I grew up fast and I grew up careful
Stacking all my fears on hidden shelves
[chorus]
Lay it down, lay the weapon down
I'm not here to fight you anymore
Lay it down, take the crown of thorns away
I was just a child outside that door
[verse]
There's a photograph still on the mantel
Of a boy who didn't know what love should cost
He is standing in the frame and smiling
Not yet knowing all the years he'd lost
[chorus]
Lay it down, lay the weapon down
I'm not here to fight you anymore
Lay it down, take the crown of thorns away
I was just a child outside that door
[bridge]
The innocence that slipped between the cracks
Still calls to me on every quiet night
I'm not asking you to take it back
Just to see me standing in the light
[verse]
Now I'm learning how to hold the silence
Without letting it turn into a wound
I can love the boy I used to carry
Even if I'm healing far too soon
[chorus]
Lay it down, lay the weapon down
I'm not here to fight you anymore
Lay it down, take the crown of thorns away
I was just a child outside that door
