[INTRO - WARM RHODES, HAMMOND ORGAN, SOFT BASS, VINYL CRACKLE] [Old radio tuning] MALE RADIO VOICE: If you’re hearing this… [Static] MALE RADIO VOICE: …come home. [VERSE 1] It was raining when I heard the radio Late September, somewhere after ten The little house was quiet as a photograph And I was waiting for the storm to end There was nobody sitting at the microphone No station name, no number on the dial Just a voice that sounded strangely familiar Saying my name in the middle of the night [PRE-CHORUS] I turned the volume higher I whispered, “Who are you?” The voice said: VOICE: Someone who remembers. I said, “Remember what?” VOICE: You. [CHORUS] Come home Come home There’s a road you haven’t taken There’s a door you haven’t known Come home Come home Someone’s waiting in the darkness And they’re waiting all alone Come home Don’t be afraid The future needs a mother And the past needs to be saved Come home Come home [VERSE 2] Then I saw a little boy inside the window Though I knew I lived there all alone He was standing with a silver key Staring at me through the glass I walked toward him He disappeared But left a photograph behind There was a man beside a woman And the man looked just like my child [PRE-CHORUS] I couldn’t understand it I couldn’t make it real But underneath the photograph I found a note sealed with a date It said: “Don’t tell him.” [CHORUS] Come home Come home There’s a road you haven’t taken There’s a door you haven’t known Come home Come home Someone’s waiting in the darkness And they’re waiting all alone Come home Don’t be afraid The future needs a mother And the past needs to be saved Come home Come home [BRIDGE - MUSIC STRIPS TO ORGAN AND VOICE] WOMAN: I called the radio station. [Static] WOMAN: But nobody answered. [Pause] WOMAN: So I called again. [Telephone rings] [Click] CHILD: Hello, Mom. [Silence] WOMAN: Who is this? CHILD: You know. WOMAN: You’re a child. CHILD: Not anymore. WOMAN: Where are you? CHILD: Where you sent me. WOMAN: I never sent you anywhere. CHILD: You will. [Music swells] WOMAN: What do you want? CHILD: I want you to make the choice. WOMAN: What choice? CHILD: The one that makes me possible. [Beat] WOMAN: What happens if I say no? CHILD: Then he never hears the first song. [Silence] WOMAN: And if I say yes? CHILD: Then he spends his whole life trying to find you. [Music drops] WOMAN: Who? CHILD: Your son. [HEAVY SOUL GROOVE] [FINAL CHORUS] Come home Come home I finally understand the message I was never meant to stay alone Come home Come home If I choose this road tonight The future gets a name Come home Come home I’ll give the past a second chance Even if it changes everything Come home Come home [FINAL REFRAIN] And if someday my little boy Hears a voice inside the rain I’ll tell him: “Don’t be frightened.” Because someday… He’ll hear me again. [OUTRO - SOFT PIANO AND VINYL] [Radio static] DJ: She answered. [Pause] DJ: That’s where everything began. [Static] CHILD: No. DJ: What? CHILD: That’s where everything changed. [Silence] DJ: Who was the voice she heard first? [Long pause] CHILD: You know. [Clock ticks] 11:11. [END]
