Ghosts of Home

[Verse 1]
I walk these fields where grass bends low
The wind carries what I used to know
My feet remember every stone
But something's changed since I've been gone

The moon hangs cold above my head
Like watching over all the dead
This place that raised me, held me close
Now feels like visiting a ghost

[Pre-chorus]
Time moves forward, leaves me here
Standing in what once was clear

[Chorus]
Take me back to where I started
Before the world and I were parted
Let me feel the way I did
When this ground was all I lived
In the place that made me whole
Let me rest my weary soul

[Verse 2]
The cabin stands but looks so small
The trees have grown beyond the wall
The voices that once filled the air
Are just an echo hanging there

I breathe the scent of bitter herbs
That grew along the muddy curbs
The same sweet smell of home I knew
But now it cuts me through and through

[Pre-chorus]
Time moves forward, leaves me here
Standing in what once was clear

[Chorus]
Take me back to where I started
Before the world and I were parted
Let me feel the way I did
When this ground was all I lived
In the place that made me whole
Let me rest my weary soul

[Bridge]
I used to run through morning dew
When everything felt fresh and new
Now I'm just a stranger here
In the place I held so dear

[Solo]
[Instrumental break with melancholic cello and orchestral swells]

[Chorus]
Take me back to where I started
Before the world and I were parted
Let me feel the way I did
When this ground was all I lived
In the place that made me whole
Let me rest my weary soul

[Outro]
The grass still bends, the moon still shines
But I can't cross these old bloodlines
Still I love what raised me true
Even if I can't break through