What If You're Not Home

WHAT IF YOU’RE NOT HOME? [INTRO — spoken, rain + bağlama] It’s raining again… Coat on my shoulder. Night ahead of me. Same address. Same heart. Only one fear remains: What if you’re not home? [VERSE 1] Rain against the windows, streets are shining through the night. Every corner says your name beneath the trembling light. I’m cold, but it doesn’t matter, I would walk this road again. One small light behind your window could turn winter into spring. A handful of longing, a pocket full of hope. I made it to your doorway— now I’ll leave the rest to love. The neighborhood is sleeping, but there’s music in my chest. If I saw your curtain moving, I could finally breathe again. [PRE-CHORUS] Should I knock? Should I wait? My heart says “go,” my mind says “stay.” Sometimes an entire lifetime stands outside one single door. [CHORUS] What if you’re not home? Who will the rain fall for? Which doorway will I burn beside until the morning comes? What if your light is gone, your curtains closed tonight? Where do I leave all this love I carried here for you? What if you’re not home? Where does my heart go then? Every street already knows your name and leads me back again. Just say “come in” and the whole world starts anew. Without you, baby… even the rain becomes an orphan too. [VERSE 2] I stop there at the corner, water running through my hair. Shoes completely soaked, but somehow I still hope you’re there. In my mind a fire is burning, tea is waiting by the chair. You say, “Why’d you come in weather like this?” I just smile: “The rain was only an excuse. I came because of you.” You put a towel on my shoulders, nothing more needs to be said. Outside, the whole city’s crying. Inside, two hearts grow warm instead. Every road feels shorter when it ends where someone loves you. [PRE-CHORUS] Should I knock? Should I wait? The night has tied my words in knots. If that door opens, it becomes heaven. If it doesn’t… the street becomes exile. [CHORUS] What if you’re not home? Who will the rain fall for? Which doorway will I burn beside until the morning comes? What if your light is gone, your curtains closed tonight? Where do I leave all this love I carried here for you? What if you’re not home? Where does my heart go then? Every street already knows your name and leads me back again. Just say “come in” and the whole world starts anew. Without you, baby… even the rain becomes an orphan too. [BRIDGE] I never fell in love with distant mountain peaks. I fell in love with your front door. I never wrote a poem for poetry itself. I tied every verse around your name. Every drop said you. Every street became your road. I lost my way a thousand times— but my heart never forgot your address. [BREAK] Knock, knock, knock… Who is it? The rain. Knock, knock, knock… Who is it? Longing. Knock, knock, knock… Who is it? A lifetime… waiting outside your door. [FINAL CHORUS] What if you’re not home? Who will the rain fall for? In what lonely night will I go searching for myself? What if your light is gone, your curtains closed tonight? Who will I tell about this foolish, endless love? What if you’re not home? Where does my heart go then? Even roads that never knew your name somehow lead me back to you. Just say “come in” and the whole city turns to spring. Without you… even the rain becomes an orphan. [OUTRO] What if you’re not home? What if you’re not home? Sometimes a person doesn’t come to knock on a door. Sometimes he comes to offer a lifetime. If you open it… I’m here.