Verse 1)The kitchen clock is ticking loud at three o’clock at nightSarah sits before her tea beneath the faded lightAcross the table David watches, staring at the floorThe silence screams of secrets now behind their teenager's door(Verse 2)For months they walked through shadows in a blur of deep confusionThey blamed the dropped-out grades and sudden anger on youth's illusionHe quit the soccer team, he slammed the doors, he stayed awayThey told themselves it’s normal, just a phase that fades away(Chorus)Oh, the love is still as fierce, but the trust has washed awayReplaced by hollow worry for the words we couldn’t sayThe boy we raised is fading in a heavy, clouded spaceAnd the grief is left to linger in this quiet, broken place(Verse 3)Then Friday night the world collapsed, the hidden truth unsealedA simple search for tools inside his room brought what was realBeneath the bottom dresser drawer, inside a shoebox smallThe foil, the melted lighter, and the powder told it all(Verse 4)The silence in that bedroom was a suffocating blowNo hiding from the monster that had taken hold belowThe boy who learned to ride a bike and sang in childhood playsWas lost behind a chemical and suffocating haze(Chorus)Oh, the love is still as fierce, but the trust has washed awayReplaced by hollow worry for the words we couldn’t sayThe boy we raised is fading in a heavy, clouded spaceAnd the grief is left to linger in this quiet, broken place(Verse 5)A physical and heavy ache tore deep through Sarah’s chestThe memories of his childhood laughter put them to the testThe skinned-up knees, the gentle voice that used to call her nameNow feel like distant echoes wrapped in sorrow and in shame(Verse 6)They replayed every ordinary moment in their headThey searched for all the warning signs in everything he said"Where did we miss the turning point? What did we fail to see?"The questions haunt the midnight hours of their family tree(Chorus)Oh, the love is still as fierce, but the trust has washed awayReplaced by hollow worry for the words we couldn’t sayThe boy we raised is fading in a heavy, clouded spaceAnd the grief is left to linger in this quiet, broken place(Verse 7)The house is altered completely now, a tense and fragile shellA constant, gnawing panic that no words can truly tellThey lock the doors, they check his eyes, they listen for a soundThe peaceful home they used to know is nowhere to be found(Verse 8)They love him with a desperate depth that cuts right to the boneBut love alone cannot undo the dark he walks aloneIt tangled up with sleepless nights and bones too tired to weepA vigil for a promises they aren't sure he can keep(Verse 9)The dawn is breaking gray and cold across the kitchen floorThey know the road ahead is long, a steep and uphill warFor addiction doesn't walk alone, it claims the ones who stayAnd breaks the hearts of parents as they watch him slip away(Outro)So they sit together in the darkHoping for a tiny sparkTo bring him back, to heal the painTo wash away this bitter stainThe clock keeps ticking, time goes onWaiting for their boy to come homeJust come homePlease come home
