[Intro] Another star is fading away, Another dawn is breaking to gray. “Welcome home” written into the sand, The wind comes to steal it again. [Verse 1] “I’ll come back”... that was all you said, Those little words kept me a nested bird. Though even the heavens changed overhead, I stayed right here where our promise led. I’m not lonely, no, really, I’m fine, I’ve just been alone a very long time. I count every star, then lose where I am, Laugh at myself and start over again. [Pre-Chorus] Far through the sand, I hear a sound, One step, then two, coming closer now. “Another dream?” I laugh somehow, But my heart’s already running out. [Chorus] I waited for you, I waited so long, Said it again till the words became song. A million things that I wanted to say, But “welcome home” takes my voice away. Hey, can I stay just a little more near? Scold me for being too loud in your ear. If after today there’s tomorrow with you, That’s all that I need... just let it be true. [Verse 2] Talking too much about nothing again, Clinging too close like I always meant. “Too close!” you said and I laugh content, Even your scolding goes straight to my head. Turn back to me, say I did something right, I reach for your hand, just please hold me tight. I made it through nights that would never end, But mornings with you disappear like the wind. [Pre-Chorus] What I protected is now our wall, What I defended won’t let you pass at all. The promise I lived for, waiting for you, Becomes the trial I must put you through. [Chorus] I waited for you, I waited so long, Dreamed it again till the nights were all gone. I made it through darkness that would never end, So why doesn't this moment last a bit more instead? “Goodbye” after “welcome home”? That isn’t fair! Nobody told me that word would be there! So let me be selfish, just one moment more, Let me stay beside you like I did so before. [Bridge] If these hands stop doing the things that I say, If they become hands that just hurt you someday, If even my voice has to vanish away, And I can’t call your name though I try anyway... I can’t tell you, “Forget me.” I just can’t pretend, I'll remember you always, from start 'til the end. But if you remember the last me you knew, Please don’t let that be what remains here with you. [Final Chorus] I waited for you, I waited so long, I’d wait even knowing how everything goes wrong. For only a handful of mornings with you, Those long, lonely nights weren’t so bad to go through. If I had to start from the beginning again, I’d stand in that same place and wait until then. Because in the end, you'd always come through, And that made forever worth waiting for you. I’m glad that I waited anyway... Even if fate tore us apart, You will... forever... stay in my heart.
