The American Life
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Coming Home

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Page type: lyric reference Artist: The American Life Canonical path: /the-american-life/coming-home Related lyric paths: 6
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Coming Home

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Leaning my head against

Your old bedroom door again

I listen for lost deep undertones

Of my father's voice so loud

It keeps calling out

I'm pulling out your dresser drawer

And opening the closet door

Hoping to catch that familiar scent

That used to keep me safe at night

(I could scream but you'd never hear me)

Searching for truth inside it all (O-oh! O-oh!)

Oh where did you go that night?

I'll catch a glimpse of you sometimes

(Oh where did you go to?)

Thinking back to the past

While searching through photographs

I scatter these old memories

Painting all of the harder scenes

In the hardest dreams

Knowing you were always right

And wishing for that last goodbye

You may be gone now but I know

That you still keep me safe at night

(I have cried and broken to pieces)

Searching for truth inside it all

Oh where did you go that night?

I'll catch a glimpse of you sometimes

(Oh where did you go to?)

Searching for truth inside it all

I'll catch a glimpse of you sometimes

I'll always remember

(I could scream but you'd never hear me)

We take for granted all this time

We live a life we call a lie

It's not the answer!

It's not the answer!

Searching for truth inside it all (O-oh! O-oh!)

Oh where did you go that night?

I'll catch a glimpse of you sometimes (O-oh! O-oh!)

Oh where did you go to?

Searching for truth inside it all (O-oh, O-oh! O-oh!)

I'll catch a glimpse of you sometimes

I'll always remember

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