[Verse 1] The years took every love I lost, Stitched every wound with silver frost, Made me a coat as white as snow, From all the dreams I couldn't hold. I laid it softly at your feet, You walked across it into spring, You had tomorrow in your eyes, I had too many goodbyes. [Pre-Chorus] Maybe youth believes the road Will always open where it goes, But I've been far enough to know— Some flowers hide their thorns below. [Chorus] So if the world comes after you, I'll make it turn and follow me, I'll shake the traps beneath my feet And give you time enough to leave. Run home, run home, Where your mother's arms are open wide, Where your father's hand can still Rest gently on your head tonight. You don't have to love me anymore— Just let me love you from this side. [Verse 2] This world remembers while it needs, Then changes names and changes scenes, It holds your hand when you have gold, And disappears when nights grow cold. I learned its language far too late, Its smiling doors, its hidden gates, And though your hand closed our last page, I cannot turn my care to hate. [Pre-Chorus] That's the cruelest thing I've learned: A bridge may fall, a letter burn, A love can end with one goodbye— Yet fear for someone can survive. [Chorus] So if the world comes after you, I'll make it turn and follow me, I'll shake the traps beneath my feet And give you time enough to leave. Run home, run home, Where your mother's arms are open wide, Where your father's hand can still Rest gently on your head tonight. You don't have to love me anymore— Just let me love you from this side. [Bridge] I don't want you back. I don't want you sorry. I don't need regret To rewrite our story. If someday you remember me, Don't remember how we fell— Remember someone loved you enough To wish you well. And if one coat must carry winter, If one heart has to bear the cold, Leave the snow upon my shoulders— You still have a summer left to hold. [Final Chorus] If the world comes after you, Let it find me standing in its way, Take the road that leads you home Before time takes that home away. Run home, my love, While those familiar lights still shine, Love them longer, hold them closer— Don't lose what still is yours to find. You ended us with your own hands, But I won't ask the world to make you pay. If someone has to wear the winter... Let me wear it. You walk into May. [Outro] My coat is white, Your road is long, Our love is over— My care lives on.
