Neon rain on Virginia streets... Cold wind whispers your name... I'm fading here without the flame... Snow dusts the Blue Ridge tonight Windows fog with lonely sighs Your letters glow like dashboard lights Pulling me under starless skies I trace the map with trembling hands From these hills to desert sands Where the sun burns gold and bright Phoenix rising every night (Building synth layers, rising tension) But the cold creeps in my bones Miles of gray, I'm on my own Heartbeats echo in the frost Counting seconds till I'm lost... Take me back to the Phoenix sun Where the fire never hides To the endless South Africa veldt Under African skies so wide I'm frozen here in Virginia cold Dreaming of your arms, your hold Home is where you wait for me Come bring me back, set me free Phoenix sun, veldt in flames Call my name... call my name... Headlights cut the midnight haze Memories play in amber rays Your voice on tape, rewound and played Through the static, unafraid I see the acacia trees sway Golden grass in the heat of day No more winter chains on my soul Just you and the open road (Higher energy, added arps) The distance tears like paper thin But your love pulls me in again Across the oceans, through the storm I'll find my way back to where I'm warm... Take me back to the Phoenix sun Where the fire never hides To the endless South Africa veldt Under African skies so wide I'm frozen here in Virginia cold Dreaming of your arms, your hold Home is where you wait for me Come bring me back, set me free Phoenix sun, veldt in flames Call my name... call my name... (Drop to atmospheric pads, slow beat, emotional vocal delivery — maybe slight echo/delay) Four thousand miles of ocean blue Every heartbeat screams for you No city lights can replace your glow I'm coming home, don't let me go... (Synth swell builds back up) (Full production, layered harmonies, extended for fade-out) Take me back to the Phoenix sun! (Where the fire never dies) To the veldt where we begun! (Under those endless skies) Virginia cold can't hold me now I'm breaking free somehow Home is you, my only truth Phoenix rising, me and you... Call my name... (echo: call my name...) Phoenix sun... veldt in flames... Bring me home again...