[Intro — Rain • Distant Piano • Cello • Warm Rhodes] [Angelic Harmonies] Ooooh... Come back home... Bring the love home... [Lead — softly] Everybody wanna heal the world... Mmm. But sometimes the first broken heart ain't across the ocean. Sometimes... It's sitting at your kitchen table. [Verse 1] We smile for everybody outside Then bring our silence through the door Give strangers all our patience But the ones we love get what's left over We know how to say, "I'm doing fine" While something underneath ain't right Living underneath the same roof Still passing like strangers every night How we gonna talk about peace While there's a war inside these walls? How we gonna teach the world to listen If we don't hear each other at all? Maybe before I save everybody... I need to answer when my own house calls [Pre-Chorus] Put the phone down Pull the chair near Say what we've been too proud to hear We don't need another perfect night We need one honest conversation to make this right [Chorus] Heal the house first Bring the love back home Before we try to save the world Let's heal what's hurting where we belong Heal the house first Let forgiveness through the door We can't keep sweeping pain underneath the same old floor Let peace begin where our shoes come off Where the real us lives when the outside stops If we're gonna give this world something that works... Let's heal the house first [Harmonies] Bring it home... Bring the love home... [Verse 2] Call your brother Call your sister Sit with Mama Talk to Dad Tell somebody, "I appreciate you" Before memory has to say it instead 'Cause flowers mean something different When they're given while love can still be felt And home ain't always blood Sometimes family is who stayed Who saw the worst inside of you And still made room for you to change So whoever shares this life with me Deserves more than what's left of me If Love is making a home inside... Let home be the first place Love can breathe [Pre-Chorus] Open the curtains Let some light in We don't have to know where to begin Just sit beside me Tell me what's true I'll try to listen without making this about me too [Chorus] Heal the house first Bring the love back home Before we try to save the world Let's heal what's hurting where we belong Heal the house first Let forgiveness through the door We can't keep sweeping pain underneath the same old floor Let peace begin where our shoes come off Where the real us lives when the outside stops If we're gonna give this world something that works... Let's heal the house first [Harmonies] Bring it home... Bring the love home... [Lead] Maybe nobody taught us how to talk without fighting How to disagree without leaving How to say, "You hurt me..." Without saying, "So I'm gonna hurt you too" But somebody has to learn it Somebody has to start And if I'm becoming a place for Love to live... Let Love begin inside this heart Then let it reach every heart inside this house [Instrumental Rise] [Breakdown — Deep Bass • Heartbeat Drums] [Lead / Harmonies] Less talking over (More listening) Less keeping score (More forgiving) Less walking out (More understanding) Less "you always" (More "help me understand it") [Lead] We don't have to fix everything tonight We just gotta stop pretending everything's alright [Final Chorus — Cinematic Philly-Soul Orchestra] HEAL THE HOUSE FIRST Bring the tenderness home Give the people closest to me the same grace I've been giving everyone Heal the house first Let every room know peace Let the table become somewhere everybody gets to speak [Chorus] Heal the house first Bring the love back home Before we try to save the world Let's heal what's hurting where we belong Heal the house first Let forgiveness through the door We can't keep sweeping pain underneath the same old floor Let peace begin where our shoes come off Where the real
