Come Home

Years of sweet porridge and hearty laughs

Some shouting, some broken glass

Sleepin between your mother’s arms

Kiss on the cheek for an alarm

Baked apples in the morning

Sweet butter and cinnamon

Hiding behind your daddy’s legs

Looking out at the world so amazed

But as teeth fall out and as voices deepen

The shadow of things unsaid begins to creep in

Can we forgive the oversights, so elders can bask in their grandchildren's light

Cause new life brings new hope and we all need some hope to hold

So come home

Call home

Just come home

Together we’re home

  

‘Member when you’d put me on top the fridge and I’d jump down into your arms without a fear

‘Member when I’d play up in RaRa’s room, singing and dancing to Jackson 5 tunes

Nintendo in the attic, I never won but I still tried it

For me those years felt so easy, but the grace of childhood seems far away

The lock on your tongue is a burden

A weight we all have to bear

Your silence has carved out a canyon

With us over here and you over there

So come home (You’re already forgiven)

Call home (If you can forgive too)

Just come home (Please)

Together we’re home