Story Behind The Song

I wrote this after watching an episode of Prodigal Son, a mini-series where a man has a psychopathic murdering father in jail

Lyrics

Verse 1
We can't hide from this anymore
We have to face it head on
You can't keep secrets in locked attics
Life doesn't work like that, no it goes on

You bury truth beneath the floorboards
Tell yourself it's safer there
But silence breathes and walls remember
Every whisper in the air

Pre-Chorus
And you don't expect them
To come back and haunt us
But shadows grow where light is denied

Chorus
I need to remember
And you need to know the truth
It's the only way we survive this
The only thing left to do
Nothing makes us so lonely
Like the secrets we keep inside
If we want to stay together
We have to bring them into the light

Verse 2
We dance around in circles, suppose
But the secret sits in the middle and knows
It watches us pretend we're free
While it tightens the hold on you and me

A secret is a kind of promise
But it can also be a prison cell
What we protect ends up possessing us
It's a story we never tell

Pre-Chorus
Say it out loud, break the chain
Truth may hurt, but lies decay

Chorus
I need to remember
And you need to know the truth
It's the only way through the wreckage
The only way back to you
Nothing makes us so lonely
Like the secrets we keep inside
If we want to stop the bleeding
We have to bring them into the light

Bridge
Do nothing secretly
Time sees, time hears it all
Every hidden word, every locked-away thought
Will answer when it's called

There are no secrets time won't reveal
No darkness it won't find
What's buried alive will rise again
Demanding to be named

Final Chorus
I need to remember
And you need to know the truth
It's the only way to heal this
The only honest move
Nothing makes us so lonely
Like the secrets we defend
If we want to be forgiven
We have to let them end

Outro
No locked attics
No silent wars
No secrets anymore

Copyright 2026 Diana Rasmussen
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