Walls Don’t Talk Back (But Jamie Does)

Lyrics

I learned real quick how to hold a paint tray How to keep my mouth shut, do it her way Brush in my hand, silence in my chest Another day trying to pass her test She says “don’t ask questions, just cover that line” Like truth is a stain you’re not allowed to find And every time I wonder what this all means Jamie’s voice cuts clean through my dreams Chorus I know how to paint these walls, top to bottom white But I don’t know why I’m always wrong when I try Got more questions than the sky’s got rain And Jamie says I’m just wasting paint So I stay quiet, swallow it down While my whole damn life turns inside out Yeah I know colors, I know the job But I don’t know anything that makes it stop ⸻ I been mixing up silence like it’s some kind of glue Trying to stick to a life I don’t belong to The radio hums through a half-lit room Like it’s scared of Jamie too She don’t yell loud, she just looks right through Like I’m a mistake she didn’t mean to choose And I keep scraping old paint off the truth Hoping there’s something real underneath the blue Chorus I know how to paint these walls, top to bottom white But I don’t know why I’m always wrong when I try Got more questions than the sky’s got rain And Jamie says I’m just wasting paint So I stay quiet, swallow it down While my whole damn life turns inside out Yeah I know colors, I know the job But I don’t know anything that makes it stop ⸻ I guess some folks build houses Some folks build escape Me, I just build silence And hope it don’t break