Caged Hearts

We met under streetlights, summer burning slow
Two kids with fire neither one could control
Your hand found mine in the back of that old car
While the world kept spinning, we were writing our own stars
They said we were too young, said it wouldn’t last
But every stolen midnight made the feeling hit so hard
Whispers through the window, secrets in the dark
We were building something they could never tear apart.

They locked the doors and drew the line
Told us love like ours was a crime.

But these hearts they tried to cage
Still burn like a wildfire that won’t fade
Every “no” they threw our way
Just made the flame grow stronger every day
We were two kids lost in the night
Fighting for a love they said wasn’t right
Hearts they tried to cage…
But they never broke us, baby, we remain.

Your daddy’s footsteps down the hallway late at night
My mama’s warnings ringing in my head like knives
They hid the keys, they took the phone, they watched us bleed
Tried to bury every promise underneath their feet
Still I carved your name into the wooden fence out back
Still you left those notes where only I would look
We learned to love in the spaces they couldn’t see
Two broken kids becoming everything we’d need.

They drew their battle lines in the sand
But they never understood what we had.

These hearts they tried to cage
Still burn like a wildfire that won’t fade
Every “no” they threw our way
Just made the flame grow stronger every day
We were two kids lost in the night
Fighting for a love they said wasn’t right
Hearts they tried to cage…
But they never broke us, baby, we remain.

And if the years keep pulling us apart
If the distance tries to break this heart
I’ll still hear your voice in every song
I’ll still feel your hand when the nights get long
They can take the days, they can take the years
But they can’t take the fire that lives in here!

These hearts they tried to cage
Still burn like a wildfire that won’t fade
Every chain they wrapped around our names
Just made the love cut deeper through the pain
We were two kids lost in the night
Who turned their “never” into “hold on tight”
Hearts they tried to cage…
Yeah they tried to cage…
But they never broke us, baby
We remain.

Hearts they tried to cage…
Still burning…
Still ours…