I've been out of that town for almost a year
And at the bottom of the ocean, you can't tell the sweat from tears
It's a well deserved beginning but I keep thinking of the end
The end of a chapter I so longed to let go, now I can't stop looking back

I can't go home, I'm not a kid anymore.
My pride won't let me smile at the sight of that familiar broken ground

Just tell me that I'm welcome home
Your prodigal son has failed to return
I'm not taking it back
I'm not taking it back

Just tell me that I'm welcome home

I meant what I said when I left

But still think of the nights that we spent
In an ocean with nothing in mind
I miss all my friends
I miss all my friends

And mother I miss you the mos
I can't believe that I hurt you so cold
I hope they write your story in stained glass windows
Oh, mother I miss your warm hold

I'm here to tell you that I'm not waking up alone anymore. I see your presence at every turn of the page but I still can't see the sun.

I stare at the dark but the Moon is always in the way, and in light of the way you lived, I try to convince myself that it shines brighter than anything I could ever wish for.

The collection of syllables you spoke that night begin to fade in unison with memories of what I once knew.

You are loved. And you are cared for
You are loved and you are cared for

It's getting harder and harder and harder and harder to stay true and stay afloat. I can't can't fill a hole if I don't know it's shape.

I can't step on the breaks if I know i won't feel any pain. I can't answer these questions if I don't know the source from which they came

Tell me things are the same
Tell me things are the same

You are loved. And you are cared for
You are loved and you are cared for

I repeat these words in attempt to convince myself that I'm fucking worth a damn. Why don't you look at me the same way you do him?

I am loved and I am cared for
I am loved and I am cared for

A bitter sweet love
A fucking disappointment
Nothing you say will ever convince me
I'm not taking it back
I'm not taking it back

Just tell me that I'm welcome home.