*(Intro - distant piano notes with subtle rain sounds, low atmospheric synth)* **Faded memories... slipping through my fingers...** ## Verse 1 All those little moments, now just ghosts in empty frames Your laughter echoes softer as these hollow days remain Lost in whatever numbs you, drowning out your pain I watch your light dim slowly, like sunshine in the rain Your eyes don't shine like they used to, vacant stares instead Chasing something that's killing you, leaving your soul unfed I lie awake remembering who you were before When your smile wasn't borrowed from whatever's at your door ## Chorus Come home, the shadows are growing longer Come home, before the ties grow weaker These broken pieces of you, scattered in the night Come home, before you fade from sight Come home... ## Verse 2 I'd give anything to erase the words that cut too deep The silence between us now, a promise we couldn't keep You were my compass, my shelter in the storm Now you're a stranger I recognize, familiar yet transformed Mom still sets your place at dinner, hope wrapped in denial Staring at her phone in silence, forcing a fragile smile Wonder if you're somewhere cold, or if you're breathing still This emptiness you've left behind, nothing else can fill ## Chorus Come home, the shadows are growing longer Come home, before the ties grow weaker These broken pieces of you, scattered in the night Come home, before you fade from sight Come home... ## Verse 3 Blood isn't just a word we use, it's the truth we bear Even when you pushed us away, even when you weren't there This house feels hollow without your footsteps down the hall Your nephew asks about you, I don't know what to say at all His eyes remind me of yours, before the darkness came I see your childhood innocence, before life changed the game There's a space that waits for you, that only you can claim Nobody wants to speak it, but we all feel the same ## Bridge *(instruments fade to almost nothing, just soft piano)* Remember when we were invincible, when pain was just a word? Before all these fractures between us, before vision blurred I reach for those memories some nights when sleep won't come Wondering where you wander, why you're still running from home ## Verse 4 This door remains unlocked, your room just as you left Time suspended in your absence, all of us bereft We're still here holding space for all you're meant to be Not who you've become, but who you are beneath Forgiveness isn't something earned, it's already yours Healing isn't linear, but begins when you walk through doors That lead you back to family, back to solid ground Where love remains unbroken, where you can be found ## Chorus Come home, the shadows are growing longer Come home, before the ties grow weaker These broken pieces of you, scattered in the night Come home, before you fade from sight Come home... ## Outro *(piano notes becoming more sparse,) We're still waiting... doors open,come home..