Where Your Heart Calls Home

[Intro] When the lights fade to night… [Verse 1] When the lights fade down to nothing And the hallway hum goes flat All the framed smiles on the drywall Stare back like they’re asking that Street outside breathing slow You’ve got too much time to think Phone face down on the counter Names you could call But you don’t Cup rings ghosting on the table Burnt-out candle Crooked wick You trace circles on your suitcase Say it’s “time” but your voice trips [Pre-Chorus] Are you staying? Are you leaving? Do you feel it Or just breathe in? Are you saving One last reason? Or just waiting For a feeling? [Chorus] When the lights fade to night Where will your heart call home? Is it this chipped blue mug on the bedside shelf Or this old couch and your name on my phone? Is it hands you held for a little while Or a road out of town you take on your own? When the lights fade to night Where will your heart call home? [Verse 2] All your plans on the mirror Curling at the edges in steam Tickets you saved in a coffee can For a place you’ve only seen in dreams You trace old scars with your thumb Like they’re lines on a worn-out map Every “stay” and “go” you ever chose Leading you right back here at last In the hum of the fridge and the floorboard creaks You feel how hard it is to be alone [Pre-Chorus] Are you staying? Are you leaving? Do you feel it Or just breathe in? [Chorus] When the lights fade to night Where will your heart call home? Is it your spare key still warm in my palm Or a window seat chasing some far-away dawn? Is it the chair by the cracking paint Where you learned to sleep on your own? When the lights fade to night And you’re done being strong Where will your heart call home? [Bridge – Call & Response] Maybe it’s not a door Not a town Not a lonely set of keys Maybe home is just a person Maybe home is just a song Maybe it’s the way you forgive yourself For every ghost you couldn’t keep Maybe it’s the way you say my name Then pretend nothing’s wrong Maybe it’s the breath you take When you finally let them go The quiet truth that wherever you stand You’re already halfway home [Final Chorus] When the lights fade to night Where will your heart call home? In the soft Small yes you give yourself When you choose to be alone Is it the cracked paint on this bedroom wall Or a brand-new door where my number won’t call? In the room that holds your history Like a song only you have known When the lights fade to night And the dark feels too wide Will your heart call me home? When the lights fade to night That’s where your heart calls home.