[Intro ] [Verse 1] Front door opens, nothing moves Same old walls, a different truth Keys in the bowl, boots by the stair But I don’t feel like I belong in there Kitchen light cuts through the dark Like it’s trying to find a spark But everything here feels rearranged Like I came back… but nothing stayed [Pre-Chorus] They say “you made it out alive” I nod along… but something’s not right [Chorus] I came back breathing… that’s what they say But something in me got lost on the way I shake your hand, I fake the smile But I’ve been gone… for quite a while I came back breathing… but I never came home [Verse 2] Every sound is turned up loud Even silence screams somehow Car backfires down the street And I’m face down before I can think You ask me how it really was I say “it’s nothing”… just because There ain’t no words for what remains Just echoes stuck inside my brain [Pre-Chorus] I see their faces when I sleep And when I wake… they follow me [Chorus] I came back breathing… that’s what they say But something in me got lost on the way I hold you close, but feel miles away Like I’m still out there… every day I came back breathing… but I never came home [Bridge] I left in pieces I can’t replace Somewhere between the time and place If I could trade this breath I keep For one more night of dreamless sleep… [Instrumental] [Final Chorus] I came back breathing… that’s what they say But something in me stayed in that place I say your name like it’s my own But it don’t feel like I belong I came back breathing… But I never came home [Outro – piano fades, distant ringing tone, silence]
