What my heart could never own
Chorus
Fences made of brick,
Fences made of stone,
Walls built all around
What my heart could never own.
I didn't understand,
I didn't comprehend,
That love is not a reason
to fence somebody in.
Verse 1
Like a heart upon a locket,
I kept you next to me.
I wrapped you in a blanket
of my insecurity.
You needed self-expression.
You needed your own dreams.
You couldn't be yourself
If your spirit wasn't free.
Chorus
Fences made of brick,
Fences made of stone,
Walls built all around
What my heart could never own.
I didn't understand,
I didn't comprehend,
That love is not a reason
to fence somebody in.
Verse 2
On an early morning Sunday,
I woke and found you'd gone.
You wrote a note that told me
everything that I'd done wrong.
I stifled your creation.
I robbed you of your dreams.
I built a wall around you.
and I only thought of me.
Bridge
Stone by stone, brick by brick
I've built walls that can't be climbed
But you opened up a gate you'd built
and left me here behind.
Chorus
Fences made of brick,
Fences made of stone,
Walls built all around
What my heart could never own.
I didn't understand,
I didn't comprehend,
That love is not a reason
to fence somebody in.