Old Keys

Old Keys

Published by timothymichaelmusic.com

13 OCT 2021

V1.

The key to leaving behind the past

Is to lock it up and walk away.

And if I never shut that door

I’d always be tempted to stay

But this door looks like a mirror

And this reflection’s starting to show it

It doesn’t take much time to quit something

And I’ll be gone before you know it.

Chorus

In the junk drawer in my kitchen

There’s a ring that’s filled with keys

They work for everything I’ve ever owned

And they aid in my disease

I never want to turn back time

And be all the things I was before

I’d be better off if I lost every one,

Because old keys don’t open new doors.

V2.

There’s the key to my first apartment.

The one we shared before I got burned

And the keys to every car I’ve crashed

And the lessons that I learned.

And the keys to my failed hopes and dreams

The ones that you begged me to start.

And then there’s the key I hate the most

The one that unlocks my great big heart.

Chorus

In the junk drawer in my kitchen

There’s a ring that’s filled with keys

They work for everything I’ve ever owned

And they aid in my disease

I never want to turn back time

And be all the things I was before

I’d be better off if I lost every one,

Because old keys don’t open new doors.