GUARDED

[Intro]
It's hard to watch you stand in your own way
Running from a feeling you can't face
Never stayed too long in the same place
Baby, I'll wait
So tell me to go, I won't
I won't be better off alone, I know
Keep me at a distance, love from afar
Scared of what you might find, afraid of the dark
Buried and imprisoned behind iron bars
I can't reach your heart
It's under guard, it's under

[Verse 1]
Habits that she can't, that she can't let go of
Tryin' to hold on to the devil, she knows
I'm fighting day and night for a dying rose
Dying slow

[Chorus]
There's poison in the garden, keepin' her heart guarded
Death by even just a taste, her love never leaves a trace
Angel, oh, she's fallen, keepin' her heart guarded
You'll never make it out alive, but she'll let you stay the night

[Verse 2]
Shadows closing in, closing in on her
Echoes of the pain only gettin' worse
But I'll hold onto her even when they burns
Her love's a curse

[Chorus]
There's poison in the garden, keepin' her heart guarded
Death by even just a taste, her love never leaves a trace
Angel, oh, she's fallen, keepin' her heart guarded
You'll never make it out alive, but she'll let you stay the night

[Post-Chorus]
Her heart is guarded, her heart
Her heart is guarded, oh (Oh-oh)
(Falling)
(It's guarded)
(Oh, oh-oh)
(It's guarded, yeah, oh)
(Yeah, oh)
(Guarded)

[Bridge]
These castle walls are crumbling, there's cracks all through the stone
Armor slowly fallin' 'til there's nowhere else to go
Hold onto me, baby, and you'll never be alone
Alone again

[Outro]
There's poison in the garden, keeping her heart guarded
Death by even just a taste, her love never leaves a trace
Angel, oh, she's fallen, keeping her heart guarded
You'll never make it out alive, but she'll let you stay the night