[Verse 1] I stepped up when life took you down, held the line though I felt torn. Told myself I had it handled, but unseen cracks did form. Years rolled on as you slipped away, left me standing by myself. Took some time to feel the quiet, to place that weight up on a shelf. [Verse 2] And when the load did finally lift, felt a guilt linger in the air. Freedom’s strange when it comes calling on the heels of loss and care. Now there's this man I used to be, the one I’d tucked away inside. Seeing colors I had buried, recalling thoughts I let subside. [Chorus] When the music starts to rise, it steadies every storm at sea, Healing not just my own heart, but for ones I’ll never see. Emotions scatter round like leaves the winter wind has blown, I close my eyes and feel the music, it brings me back home. hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm The music brings me back home! [Verse 3] Season's lights glow soft in the night, melancholy wanders in. Like an old companion doesn’t knock, just walks right in. Feeling loss that is still there, when no one is around. Just then my hopes and dreams step out from the life I left behind. [Verse 4] Now mixed in with the quiet ache are ventures taking root. Sparks of pride and purpose growing steady and growing true. Look to make a difference, songs rise up from my chest. Life moves on in crooked rhythms, that's when I said... (Don't you know, Oooh, don't you know) That's when the songs are sung the best. (That's when the songs are sung the best.) [Chorus] [Hand claps to the beat] When the music starts to rise, it steadies every storm at sea, Healing not just my own heart, but for ones I’ll never see. Emotions scatter round like leaves the winter wind has blown, I close my eyes and feel the music, it brings me back home. hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm The music brings me back home! [Outro] hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm (The music brings me back home!) (The music brings me back home!)
