[Intro – fragile, distant] [children whispering softly in the background] “Come back home… come back home…” Is this a hand or a door in the dark? Is this love or the end from the start? Voices glow behind the smoke soft like angels when they spoke “Just one time, you’ll finally feel alright…” [Ballad – intimate piano] Mama, I was seventeen coldest heart I’d ever seen They wrapped their arms around my pain and taught my blood to love the rain [soft children choir – far away] “Don’t let go… don’t let go…” I said no a hundred times before but loneliness can sound like an open door Brother, I was shaking hard needle lights and broken bars They told me: “Pain is easier asleep.” And I believed them quietly [Build] I tried to run I tried to pray I tried to wash the nights away [children choir slowly rising] “You were enough… you were enough…” And for a moment I saw the sun inside the hands of everyone [Guitar Solo] [Opera Section – chaotic] [distorted children choir underneath] Little white ghost! Little white ghost! Dancing in the bathroom light! “No more!” “She’ll come back!” “Save her soul!” “Too late now!” Scattered mirrors! Fever dreams! Hospital machines scream! Mother crying — “Please come home!” Dealer smiling — “You belong!” [children choir becoming fragmented] “Run… run… run…” Falling! Calling! Crawling through the static! Heaven — silent — everything collapsing! [Hard Rock Section] I don’t wanna die tonight! I don’t wanna fade away! But the fire inside my veins pulls me back again I fought my own reflection through the poison and the shame Every promise turned to ashes every friend forgot my name I was young I was scared I was human underneath [Outro – quiet resignation] [children humming softly] Mama… I can finally sleep No more shadows underneath Nothing really held me long except the ache I carried on Wind moves softly through the room morning flowers start to bloom [final distant children choir] “You can rest now…” Nothing really matters now… nothing really matters… to me…
