When A Child Closes the Door

When a child closes a door
And locks himself inside
Won’t answer anymore
What there was out there before
He sits there in the dark
He can’t hear a thing
Don’t matter to him now
He’s bent there on his knees
He can hear the angels sing
But he ain’t keeping score no more
You know it could be anything
When a child closes a door
When that child just turns away
Anything you got to say
He won’t answer anymore
It don’t matter anyway
No one listens no one hears
Close his eyes he disappears
Drifting slowly through the night
The shadows wrapped around him tight
When it all becomes too hard the pain
There’s nothing left he can explain
Or that much now truly remains
He pulls himself across the floor
And at long length with his last strength
Pulls himself up on his knees
Turns the keys and locks the door
So don’t bother shed no tear
It’s too late when he still cared
There was never no one here
Just the way it all went down
And you can’t take back what you never were
And I can’t change the way I am
You can’t pretend now what there never was
Like either of us gave a damn
And there’s a world out there I’m well aware
Might as well be fantasy
I live on this side of the door now
And there’s nobody here but me
Nothing for you to see
So why don’t you just leave me be
Why don’t you all just leave me be
When a child closes a door
And locks himself inside
Won’t answer anymore
All there was out there before
He sits there in the dark
He can’t hear a thing
Don’t matter to him now
He’s bent there on his knees
He can hear the angels sing
But he ain’t keeping score no more
You know it could be anything
When a child closes a door