[Verse 1]
You weren’t much to strangers passing
Just another weathered place
Paint worn thin beneath the seasons
Time etched softly on your face
Faulty wires hummed their stories
Like they knew we’d be alright
Somehow every little flicker
Still became our evening light
[Verse 2]
There was a hole above the kitchen
Rain would find it every spring
Running down into the hallway
Like the house itself could sing
Concrete floors beneath our footsteps
Cold as winter, hard and plain
Still they learned our laughter by heart
Still they caught our tears the same
[Pre-Chorus]
You never promised easy living
Never claimed you’d stand unchanged
But every crack and every crooked board
Held us through the years we came
[Chorus]
You were never rich in money
You were never dressed in gold
But you wrapped your weary walls around us
When the nights were hard and cold
Every scar became a chapter
Every room became a name
You were broken in a hundred places
But you loved us just the same
You didn’t know while you were shelter
Keeping out the wind and rain
You were quietly, patiently…
Becoming the house that raised me
[Verse 3]
I can still walk every doorway
With my eyes already closed
Hear the screen door slap behind me
Smell the coffee on the stove
Every corner keeps a memory
Like they’re waiting where they stayed
Some folks leave their childhood somewhere
Mine still lives beneath your shade
[Bridge]
Now the world keeps building bigger
Shining walls and perfect lines
But no mansion could remember
Every younger version of mine
You held birthdays…
Broken heartache…
Christmas mornings…
Growing pains…
You stood watch while I became
Someone stronger than I knew
[Final Chorus]
You were never rich in money
You were never dressed in gold
But you wrapped your weary walls around us
When the nights were hard and cold
Every scar became a chapter
Every room became a prayer
Love doesn’t live in perfect places
It simply grows wherever it’s cared for
So if these walls should someday crumble
And the roof gives way at last
No one can tear down the home you built…
‘Cause you’ll always be
The house that raised me.
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