Calling me Home

[Intro] Low bass pulse. Distant guitar harmonics. A single kick begins to mark the heartbeat. [Verse 1] Midnight on the overpass City burning in the glass I’ve got nothing but a half-full tank And a thousand things I never said I learned how to disappear Make a home out of anywhere But every road I took got longer Every night got harder to forget [Pre-Chorus] Then somewhere underneath the engine Underneath the thunder in my chest I heard a sound I knew before I knew it Like a voice I’d been trying to outrun [Chorus] Something’s calling me home From the other side of the dark Like a light left on Like somebody knows where you are I don’t know where this road goes I only know I can’t turn around There’s a fire in the distance And it’s calling me home now [Post-Chorus] Oh-oh, I can hear it Oh-oh, getting nearer Oh-oh, after all this time It’s calling me home [Verse 2] I remember the summer rain Your old jacket on the windowpane We were young enough to swear forever Measuring the world in city lights Now the years have changed our names Put a little rust on everything But some things don't know how to leave you Some things wait beneath the noise [Pre-Chorus] And somewhere underneath the silence Underneath the person I became I felt that old familiar heartbeat And I knew I had to turn my face [Chorus] Something’s calling me home From the other side of the dark Like a light left on Like somebody knows where you are I don’t know where this road goes I only know I can’t turn around There’s a fire in the distance And it’s calling me home now [Post-Chorus] Oh-oh, I can hear it Oh-oh, getting nearer Oh-oh, after all this time It’s calling me home [Bridge] Everything drops except piano, bass, and a distant vocal. Maybe home isn't a doorway Maybe home isn't a town Maybe it's the one voice That still knows me when I’m falling down Maybe all the miles between us Were never miles at all Maybe I had to lose everything To hear you when you called Percussion slowly returns. I was looking for a way out You were calling me back I was chasing every horizon You were lighting up the black [Break] Drums cut. One beat of silence. I hear you. Full band crashes in. [Final Chorus] Something’s calling me home From the other side of the dark Like a light left on Like somebody knows where you are I don’t need to know where this road goes I don't need to understand I can feel it in my heartbeat I can feel it in my hands Something’s calling me home And the night is letting go All the ghosts I carried with me Don’t have to follow anymore Something’s calling me home And I finally know the sound It was there beneath the silence It was there when I was lost [Final Post-Chorus Huge Group Vocals] CALLING ME HOME Oh-oh, I can hear it CALLING ME HOME Oh-oh, getting nearer CALLING ME HOME After all this time I’m coming home. CALLING ME HOME I’m coming home. CALLING ME HOME I’m coming home. [Outro] Band falls away into piano, distant harmonies, and the original low pulse. I spent my whole life running Just to find where I belong. And now I hear it in the distance whispered: Calling me home.