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Lock You Up
Charli XCX Lyrics

It's a long way home, but I'm making my way
With so many things still left to say
I try and think about the one I need the most
When my mind goes black
And then it hits me like a ton of bricks
I want you, not nothing else
I want to lock you up inside my heart

I always wanted you, sometimes it's hard
What do I do to lock you up inside my heart?

I wanted you from the start
I want to lock you up inside my heart

Nothing says tomorrow is a guarantee
There's no way of knowing that you'll be with me
As I walk upon the edge of no escape
In the world so flat
And then it hits me like a bolt of faith
I love you, not nothing else
I want to lock you up inside my heart

I always wanted you, sometimes it's hard
What do I do to lock you up inside my heart?
I wanted you from the start
I want to lock you up inside my heart
What do I do to lock you up inside my heart?
I want to lock you up

We won't stay, we run
Love like melting suns
Please don't leave, don't run
Why don't you stay in tonight?
Taste my lips, don't let go
I'm in your head
I'm in your head
I'm in your head

I'm in your head
I always wanted you, sometimes it's hard
What do I do to lock you up inside my heart?
I wanted you from the start
I want to lock you up inside my heart
What do I do to lock you up inside my heart?
I want to lock you up inside my heart
What do I do to lock up inside my heart?

Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Downtown Music Publishing
Written by: Ariel Rechtshaid, Justin Raisen, Charlotte Emma Aitchison

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"Lock You Up" is a song by English singer-songwriter Charli XCX, from her debut studio album True Romance. It serves as the thirteenth and final track from the album.

The song was first released on June 12th, 2012 as part of Charli's debut mixtape Heartbreaks and Earthquakes, serving as the sixth track.

On the mixtape, the track is introduced with a clip of a dialogue from the 1999 film Cruel Intentions. Charli talked about the sample in an interview Read Full Bio"Lock You Up" is a song by English singer-songwriter Charli XCX, from her debut studio album True Romance. It serves as the thirteenth and final track from the album.

The song was first released on June 12th, 2012 as part of Charli's debut mixtape Heartbreaks and Earthquakes, serving as the sixth track.

On the mixtape, the track is introduced with a clip of a dialogue from the 1999 film Cruel Intentions. Charli talked about the sample in an interview for MTV: "What I really liked most about the movie is that Reese Witherspoon was pregnant with Ryan Phillipe’s child while they were filming and he was saying all of this horrible, horrible stuff to her, saying things like 'You mean nothing to me.'"

The song is about being obsessed with a potential lover and wanting to love them forever. The only thing she wants is this boy. He’s all that matters. She is content with just him in the picture. She wants to “lock him in her heart” she wants to keep him tight to her and never wants him to leave her heart.