come back home

[Verse 1] I still hear your laughter in the walls (soft echo: “in the walls…”) I still feel your footsteps in the hall (bg harmony: low “mmm-mmm”) Every picture feels like it’s staring right at me Like you’re tryna say you’re still here, just out of reach I keep waking up hoping this ain’t real (ad-lib: “please don’t be real…”) But the silence hits harder than the pain I feel You were my light, my shoulder, my whole heart Now I’m walking ’round here feeling torn apart I keep calling your name into the dark (ad-lib: “into the dark, yeah…”) Just praying somehow you’ll answer back (bg harmony: “answer back…”) --- [Pre-Chorus] If love could build a bridge, I’d cross it every night (bg stack: “every night… every night…”) If tears could bring you back, you’d be right by my side (ad-lib: “right by my side…”) --- [Chorus — DOUBLED] Come back home, back home, back home (big harmony: “come back, come back…”) Come back home, back home to me (ad-lib: “to meeee…”) Come back home, back home, back home* (bg high harmony: “back hoooome”) Come back home, back home to me (ad-lib: “I need you home… I need you home…”) --- [Verse 2] I talk to you like you’re still right here (bg: “right here…”) Tell you things I know you’d wanna hear I keep convincing myself this is just a dream (ad-lib: “just a dream…”) That you’ll walk through the door like you never left me You were more than blood, you were part of my soul (soft harmony pad) And losing you took pieces I can’t control Some days I’m fine, most days I ain’t (ad-lib: “most days I ain’t…”) Some nights I pray till my voice grows faint It’s like the world lost color the day you left Now I’m breathing but I feel half-dead (bg low: “half-dead…”) --- [Pre-Chorus] If love could turn back time, I’d rewind endlessly (bg: “endless-lyyyy…”) If heaven opened up, you’d be running back to me (ad-lib: “running back, running back…”) --- [Chorus — DOUBLED] Come back home, back home, back home (big stacks, thick harmonies) Come back home, back home to me (ad-lib: “to me, to me, yeah…”) Come back home, back home, back home (high harmony: “come baaaack…”) Come back home, back home to me (ad-lib: “I miss you, brother…”) --- [Verse 3 — With Ad-Libs] I still walk past your room and pause at the door (echo: “at the door…”) Still half-expect to hear your voice like before Every memory hits harder the longer you’re gone I try to stay strong but I’m not that strong (ad-lib: “I’m not that strong…”) You were my brother, my anchor, my guide Now I’m learning how to live with this hole inside (bg harmony rising) I talk to the sky like maybe you’ll hear Tell you the things I wish you were still here (ad-lib: “still here…”) I’m trying to move on but the truth is clear— Losing you once feels like losing you every year (bg: “every year… every year…”) --- [Bridge 1] Some days I swear I hear you call my name (ad-lib: “call my name…”) Some nights I break down ’cause it ain’t the same (bg harmony: long “ooooh”) I’m talking to the sky, hoping you can hear Wishing you’d walk back in and still be here (ad-lib: “I need you here…”) If heaven hears me, send my brother home I’m tired of learning how to live alone (bg harmony: “alone… alo-o-one…”) --- [Bridge 2] I light a candle just to feel you near (bg: “feel you near…”) Whisper every memory I still hold dear (ad-lib: “hold you close…”) If heaven hears me, send my brother back If angels listen, give me what I lack (big harmony pad here) --- [Final Chorus — DOUBLED] Come back home, back home, back home (stacked vocals, strong ad-libs: “come back… come back…”) Come back home, back home to me (long harmony “to meeeee…”) Come back home, back home, back home (big beat pause, high harmony lift) Come back home, back home to me (emotional ad-lib: “I can’t do this without you…”)