Come Home for Christmas

Lyrics

[INTRODUCTION] [VERSE 1] The driveway looks much smaller Than it did when you were young The porch light’s in the same place It’s just been burning all this time The screen door still complains The way it always did And the wreath your mother hung there Has somehow survived the wind You sit there in the silence With your hand upon the wheel Watching your reflection Disappear into the windshield And all the words you practiced On the interstate Suddenly don’t feel real [PRE-CHORUS] Because nobody’s standing guard Nobody’s keeping score The house you swore you’d never need Isn’t asking anymore [CHORUS] Come home for Christmas The lock was never changed The hardest part is turning back But that’s how healing starts Come home for Christmas There’s still a chair waiting A place setting with your name Come home Come home Come home for Christmas [VERSE 2] You can see the shadows moving Through the curtains in the den And suddenly the years between Don’t feel quite as long as it’s been There’s a thousand little memories Standing on the porch tonight Every slammed door Every hard word Every chance to make it right You thought time would solve the distance You thought silence might be kind But some roads only get shorter When somebody starts to drive And every mile you’ve put behind you Has led you to this door Where the thing you’ve been avoiding Is what you’ve wanted all along [PRE-CHORUS] Because mercy isn’t fragile And love is not a loan And the road you’ve spent a lifetime on Still knows the way back home [CHORUS] Come home for Christmas The lock was never changed The hardest part is turning back But that’s how healing starts Come home for Christmas There’s still a chair waiting A place setting with your name Come home Come home Come home for Christmas [BRIDGE] Bring the years you spent becoming Someone you don’t recognize Bring the dream that finally gave you Everything except a life Bring the anger Bring the shame Bring the victories Bring the blame Bring the trophies gathering dust Bring the secrets Bring the rust Bring the grief you learned to carry Like a coat you couldn’t shed Bring the names you still remember And the words you wish you’d said Because the table’s still extended And the chair is still your own And grace has never once forgotten How to welcome people home [BREAKDOWN] Not when you’re worthy Not when you’re right Not when you’ve fixed Every wrong in your life Not when you’ve earned it Not when you’ve paid Not when you’ve finally become unafraid [FINAL CHORUS] Come home for Christmas The lock was never changed The hardest part is turning back But that’s how healing starts Come home for Christmas There’s still a chair waiting A place setting with your name Come home for Christmas The story isn’t over And you’re not too far gone The light is in the window And somebody left it on Come home Come home Come home for Christmas [OUTRO] The driveway looks much smaller Than it did when you were young The porch light’s in the same place And it’s been waiting all along So come home for Christmas Come home from the dream Come back to the kingdom You were too tired to believe