[Verse 1] Loaded up the car on a night that smelled like rain Left the only lights I knew for someone else's fame The highway promised everything, the rearview showed the cost And somewhere past the city line I realized what I'd lost [Pre-Chorus] Every room I filled still felt half-empty Every crowd just made the silence louder [Chorus] I'm home, I'm home Three words heavier than stone I'm home, I'm home Standing where I've always known Let the lights burn down, let the rafters shake I've been everywhere but here, and here is where I break I'm home [Verse 2] They doubled every number, tripled every deal But the zeros on the check don't tell you how to feel I was winning every night and losing every morning Smiling for the cameras while my chest was softly mourning [Pre-Chorus] I tried the bigger name, the brighter stage But nothing hits like people who knew you at every age [Chorus] I'm home, I'm home Three words heavier than stone I'm home, I'm home Standing where I've always known Let the lights burn down, let the rafters shake I've been everywhere but here, and here is where I break I'm home [Bridge] I thought that leaving was the brave thing to do That staying meant I'd never follow through But the compass kept on pointing back to you And the only thing I found out there was a stranger wearing my tattoo [Final Chorus] I'm home, I'M HOME Not the man who left - the one who finally knows I'm home, I'M HOME Every voice in here is singing through my bones Let the walls come down, let the whole world see I've been everywhere but here, and here is where I'm free I'm home [Outro] (Crowd chanting, voices fading into warmth) I'm home... I'm home... I'm home...
