[Verse 1]
She was twelve with a schoolbag strap
One shoe broke, still she walked like that
Mama gone, house cold, rent due fast
Kitchen sink cracked, and the night came last
He said, “Need help?” with a soft low grin
Left his number on the paper bin
She knew better, still the door swung wide
Shadows sell dreams to a child in a lie
Coins in her palm, shame on her tongue
Old men stare like they know she’s young
She learned real quick what silence buys
And how the hurt can live behind her eyes
[Pre-Chorus]
Home ain’t home when the hallway shakes
Home ain’t home when the small room breaks
She held her breath through the locked-up years
Traded her name for a cup of fear
[Chorus]
Come home, come home
Don’t leave me here alone
Come home, come home
I was only skin and bone
(Only skin and bone)
Come home, come home
Hear my young heart moan
Come home, come home
I’m still looking for home
[Verse 2]
Now she’s grown but the cut still shows
In the way she flinches when a stranger rolls
Same cheap motel, same stained white wall
Same loud laugh when the doorbell calls
She counts each step on a busted floor
Keeps one hand close to the chain-lock door
Wears her pain like a second skin
But the ache in her chest never really fits in
She seen schoolgirls with their books held tight
Seen them headed through the floodlit night
And she thinks, “That could’ve been me”
If somebody stayed, if somebody seen
[Pre-Chorus]
Home ain’t home when the hallway shakes
Home ain’t home when the small room breaks
She held her breath through the locked-up years
Traded her name for a cup of fear
[Chorus]
Come home, come home
Don’t leave me here alone
Come home, come home
I was only skin and bone
(Only skin and bone)
Come home, come home
Hear my young heart moan
Come home, come home
I’m still looking for home
[Bridge]
If you hear her, don’t turn away
Some girls vanish in the price they pay
Call her by name, let her feel a hand
Not a cold room, not a demand
She was a child when the dark moved in
Now she’s fighting just to breathe again
One soft light could split that stone
One safe door could bring her home
[Final Chorus]
Come home, come home
Don’t leave me here alone
Come home, come home
I was only skin and bone
(Only skin and bone)
Come home, come home
Hear my young heart moan
Come home, come home
I’m still looking for home
[Outro]
Shadows don’t own what the soul can keep
She’s still alive in the cracks of sleep
Come home, come home
Come home, come home