"Bolt the Door, Mariah" - Original Song by Michelle Vogel - Official Lyric Video

Описание: "Bolt the Door, Mariah" was inspired by a single line from Olivia de Havilland in The Heiress (1949). It’s the moment her character stops hoping and starts choosing herself. The song lives in that quiet resolve, not rage, but clarity. Closing the door as an act of self-possession.

“Bolt the Door, Mariah”

Original Song by Michelle Vogel

Kettle screaming on the stove
You kill the flame
You check the road
Same old gravel
Same old truck
Same old curse for the way you love

You feel that tremor in the floorboards
Hear his tyres on the gravel drag
Every sorry poured out like cheap wine
Every promise in a paper bag

Bolt the door
Mariah
Lock it tight and walk away
Don’t let him in
Don’t let him stay
Bolt the door
Mariah
No more waiting on the porch
No more aching for his torch
Bolt the door
Mariah
Tonight you save your heart

There’s a suitcase by the chair
Half-packed hope and braided hair
His old shirt you used to steal
Folded once
Now folded still

You hear his knuckles on the paintwork
Hear him slur that he has changed
But you’re counting all the quiet nights
He never bothered to rearrange

Bolt the door
Mariah
Lock it tight and walk away
Don’t let him in
Don’t let him stay
Bolt the door
Mariah
No more waiting on the porch
No more aching for his torch
Bolt the door
Mariah
Tonight you save your heart

He can shout your name through splinters (oh)
You can hum a different hymn
Every turn of that deadbolt
Says you choose yourself again

Bolt the door
Mariah
Lock it tight and walk away
Don’t let him in
Don’t let him stay
Bolt the door
Mariah
No more waiting on the porch
No more aching for his torch
Bolt the door
Mariah
Tonight you save your heart