Backyard

In the backyard is where you were king
When we'd walk down the street is when you'd show me
That the strangers called us dogs

It took you way too long to figure it out
And they told you who you are before you figured yourself out
Listen to me closely I have seen you from afar
Like the blank pictures hanging up on your walls
Expressing every word you never said
Everything you've always heard
Every word they used to steal your crown

In the backyard is where you were king
When we'd roll down the street is when you'd show me
That the strangers called us dogs

In the backyard is where you were king
In the front yard is where you taught me
To the neighbors we were frauds

The strangers like to talk but you always heard much more
I imagined you read thoughts but you made it all up
Now you're trapped inside the kingdom where you once held the keys
Fenced in by your own stubborn beliefs
Slowly losing pieces of yourself... waiting for strangers to stop
Stealing pieces of your royalty

In the backyard is where you were king
In the front yard is where you taught me
To the neighbors we were frauds

Red Alert... Sound the horns...
Somebody stormed our kingdom
I changed and they chased me away
Just like you always said I would do
Helped them turn your work into waste when
I gave up but you held on

The backyard's where you made yourself king
The front yard's where you made me believe
Everyone else was the dog

In the backyard... In the backyard...

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