MOTHER, I CAME HOME

[Intro]
(wordless chant over war drums)

[Verse 1: Male]
I was a boy with fire where my fear should be
Ran the ridge at midnight just to prove I could not bleed
You stood in the doorway with the lantern burning low
Counting every hour of the road I would not show

[Verse 2: Female]
I heard the truck before I heard your boots
Mud on your jaw and blood upon your roots
Claw marks on your shoulder like the forest kept a score
And I prayed to every star you'd walk back through that door

[Chorus: Both]
Mother, I came home
Through the cold and through the bone
Every war I rode to win
I was only finding my way in
Mother, I came home
You never let me burn alone

[Verse 3: Male]
Bulls beneath me, wild men beside
Chasing every storm a young man rides
I wanted you to see me standing tall and made of stone
Never knew the strongest one was waiting there alone

[Bridge: Female]
Resilience, she called it, with tears she would not show
A mother's heart is a battlefield no son will ever know

[Bridge: Male]
I'm sorry for the nights I made you hold your breath
For every time I danced too close with death

[Chorus: Both]
Mother, I came home
Through the cold and through the bone
Every war I rode to win
I was only finding my way in
Mother, I came home
You never let me burn alone

[Outro: Male]
The fire's quiet now, the forest let me go
I build my battles here with words instead of blows
Rest easy, Mother
Your wild one is home