Colors and Armor

Lyrics

There's the person they know And the person you are
But nobody's watching
At home you laugh a little louder
Leave your worries by the door
You don't have to watch your footsteps
You don't have to hide anymore
You can talk too much or say nothing
Wear your heart outside your chest
Be the strange one, be the quiet one
Be the beautiful kind of mess
No mask, no armor
Nothing left to prove
Inside these walls you finally get to simply just be you
At home we wear our colors
Outside we wear our armor
We learn which parts to quiet down
Which ones will make life harder
One world into safety
Another past the door
Same heart underneath it
Just fighting different wars
Maybe you've got two of you
Living underneath your skin too
The one the world gets every day
And the one that's really you
Then somebody turns the handle
And the outside rushes in
You straighten up your shoulders
Put that practice face back on again
The loud one becomes quieter
The fearless starts to doubt
The one who shines so freely
Learns when not to stand out
You measure every sentence
Second guess the way you move
Build a version they can handle
Hide the parts they might not approve
And sometimes what looks distant
Isn't coldness after all
Sometimes it's just the armor
That kept somebody standing tall
At home we wear our colors
Outside we wear our armor
We learn which parts to quiet down
Which ones will make life harder
One world into safety
Another past the door
Same heart underneath it
Just fighting different wars
Maybe you've got two of you
Living underneath your skin too
The one the world gets every day
And the one that's really you
Maybe the other version isn't fake at all
Maybe it's the one you built
So the softer one won't fall
The quiet one, the angry one
The awkward one, the strange
Sometimes surviving means
Learning how to change
But when that front door closes
You can finally put it down
Come back to the people
Who know you without the armor
So at home wear every color
Leave your armor by the door
Be too loud, be too quiet
Be everything you hide before
There's no shame in who you became
To make it through this world
But I hope you've got somewhere safe
Where every part of you unfurls
We all have different versions
We all learn how to cope
But underneath the armor
There's still something soft with hope
One version for the outside
One waiting back at home
And beneath every version
You're still the same soul
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Maybe that's what home really is
Not four walls
Just somewhere
You don't have to pretend