Homecoming Lyrics

I'll walk well-trodden paths with the old family dog

He's not as fast as he used to be

I'm just glad he's still in front of me

I'll sit at the dinner table where I first said grace

Wooden chairs and distant memories

Of the old chandelier in the sun's gleam

I'll sleep in the same bed I got lost in stories

All these books that I used to read

They no longer give the same relief

I'll wake up to childhood drawings on the wall

But now I've seen my friends bleed

I'm not as naive on where my path may lead

Whenever I'm away, I feel homesick

And when I'm home, I feel sick of it

Set the table, pray, eat, sleep, repeat

Yearning for what's past my windowsill

But the world is dark and home is safe

And my family worries that I'll never show face

Yet the more I'm gone, the more the thoughts creep in

That once I'm home I'll be obliged to stay

Bittersweet homecomings

With my parents who'll always love me til their end

And that's the thought that scares me

May God grant them mercy

Will the pages of my story

Really end inside my bedroom

Is this where it ends

Right where it began

Is this where it ends

Right where it began

Will this world just become the stories in my head

The pictures I'll show my children before bed

They'll ask if that was me when I was in my prime

And I'll just say it's from another time

I'll write letters to home with words I do not believe

Not quite truths and not quite lies

They'll never see beyond my disguise

My friends are destined for bigger and better things

And I'm so proud of the lives they'll lead

They'll just be bigger and better than me

Make my way

Into the wilderness and

I won't say

What time I will be home but

The leaves decay

Weather grows colder as we grow older so

We can't stay together

Nothing lasts forever

A whistle through the air

Miss my heart by a hair

It ain't about what is fair

It's my burden to bear

Oh well, I guess it's fine

I'll take it as a sign

From the great divine

This is the grand design

I can't just play pretend

As my life suspends

On my childhood bed

This can't be where it ends

Whenever I'm away, I feel homesick

And when I'm home, I feel sick of it

Set the table, pray, eat, sleep, repeat

Yearning for what's past my windowsill

But the world is dark and home is safe

And my family worries that I'll never show face

But the more I'm gone, the more the thoughts creep in

That once I'm home I'll be obliged to stay

Bittersweet homecomings

With my parents who'll always love me til their end

And that's the thought that scares me

May God grant them mercy

Will the pages of my story

Really end inside my bedroom

Is this where it ends

Right where it began

Is this where it ends

Right where it began?