Britt Nicole describes “Safe” in The Story Behind Safe, in order to cope with her parents' divorce she has built up emotional walls around love. She’s realized that although love is risky and leaves you vulnerable, in some ways it’s a risk worth taking.
“We’ve all gone through things in our past th...
[Verse 1]
You keep trying to get inside my head
While I keep trying to lose the words you said
Can't you see I'm hanging by a thread
To my life, what I know
Yeah, I'm losing control and
[Chorus]
Oh no, my walls are gonna break
So close, it's more than I can take
I'm so tired of turning and running away
When love just isn't safe
You're not safe
[Verse 2]
I'm strong enough, I've always told myself
I never wanna need somebody else
But I've already fallen from that hill
So I'm dropping that guard
Here's your chance at my heart and
[Chorus]
Oh no, my walls are gonna break
So close, it's more than I can take
I'm so tired of turning and running away
When love just isn't
[Bridge]
Everything you want, but it's everything you need
It's not always happy endings
But it's all the in-between
It's taken so long, so long to finally see
That your love is worth the risk
Oh no, my walls are gonna break
[Chorus]
Oh no, my walls are gonna break
So close, it's more than I can take
I'm so tired of turning and running away
When love just isn't safe (whoah, yeah)
Oh no, my walls are gonna break
So close, it's more than I can take
I'm so tired of turning and running away
When love just isn't safe
[Outro]
You're not safe
And that's ok
Safe was written by Britt Nicole & Joy Williams & Jason Ingram.
Safe was produced by Robert Marvin.
Britt Nicole released Safe on Tue Aug 11 2009.