This song is about coping mechanisms and helping someone special to us deal with their past traumas whilst trying to deal with our own.

[Intro - Intricate, Delicate - Syncopated acoustic guitar]

[Verse]
I once told you,
My nervous system,
Nerves I never knew what to do with,
Struggling to jump eternal walls I built,
A composition that is rigid with no give,
Hmmm,
If I offered you these nerves that cause me pain,
Would you regulate me like you would a child?
Or would you move away and honestly refrain?

Just look at all the good you've done thus far,
Does it not make you feel a sense of pride?
To look how a boy became a man,
Infront of your perfect eyes,

[Pre-chorus]
I don't blame you for not doing it again,
It's hurt you once before and who am I to ask of you to take it all again,
When you're so pure and soft the moments of your happiness,
I capture and I frame,

[Chorus - Explosive - cinematic]
So hand me the keys to my personal prison,
You'll find me having a heart to heart with the light of my dark,
It ain't hard to pretend that life is great when everything that keeps you angry simmers just under the surface,
Chop up this manly pride so I don't gotta hide,
Oh this shits gettin' out of hand,
Survival mode ain't worth the energy when angels who always had my back are now in need,
For you I'll cut out the wounded animal shit and bring the ramparts up around you as you once did for me,

[Instrumental - ethereal floaty syncopated melodic acoustic guitar]

[Verse]
So you said to me,
My nerves exposed,
Exposed just like an urchin sitting in a shallow reef,
Minding it's own business,
Creating problems for absolutely nobody,
Hmmm,
I know how you feel, it sucks I know it does,
Wouldn't it be nice to finish each day like you planned to start,
I get it, I know, it sucks I know it does,

I'm fucked up but i'm trying to keep you safe,
In the only way that I know how,
You took my nerves on like they were your own,
And you're needing just to give them back right now,

[Instrumental]

[Pre-chorus]
I don't blame you for not doing it again,
It's hurt you once before and who am I to ask of you to take it all again,
When you're so pure and soft the moments of your happiness,
I capture and I frame,

[Chorus - Explosive - cinematic]
So hand me the keys to my personal prison,
You'll find me having a heart to heart with the light of my dark,
It ain't hard to pretend that life is great when everything that keeps you angry simmers just under the surface,
Chop up this manly pride so I don't gotta hide,
Oh this shits gettin' out of hand,
Survival mode ain't worth the energy when angels who always had my back are now in need,
For you I'll cut out the wounded animal shit and bring the ramparts up around you as you once did for me,

[Delicate outro Instrumental]