[Intro] The rain traces circles on the window tonight, I sit by the embers, thinking of you. [Verse 1] Outside, the wind rattles the old door, the cup grows cold, but I’m still staying here. The stove crackles softly, the ash turns grey, a heavy blue lies over the water. I see your footprints in the wet sand, and for seconds, I still feel your hand. Tell me, do you hear the storm blowing through the room? That is my heart, refusing to say goodbye. [Chorus] Come home, come home — through wind and waves! Come home, come home — shatter the night! Even if the sea rages and the fire is small: Come home, come home — I’ll let you in! [Verse 2] The clock on the wall counts beat by beat, I carry your name through every single day. The sky throws salt against the glass panes, I hold your letter, where your laughter used to sit. No fire warms when you are far from me, no morning comes that forgets the longing. Yet deep in the surf, right down at the bottom, you remain my answer, my safe haven. [Chorus] Come home, come home — through wind and waves! Come home, come home — shatter the night! Even if the sea rages and the fire is small: Come home, come home — I’ll let you in! [Bridge] And when the storm bends the windows, when every trace falls silent in the water, this door will not stay closed to you. One step toward home — then I will find peace. [Final Chorus] Come home, come home — through wind and waves! Come home, come home — shatter the night! Even if the sea rages and the fire is small: Come home, come home — I’ll let you in! Come home! Come home! [Outro] The rain thins out, the morning grows wide, I keep your letter — and give you more time.
