Oh the stairs I scale To my one storey jail Will be nothing For there's an arm on which I'll lean And the arm will repay Every debt that was in its name Oh, on the day that the boys come home Those that don't feel the sun Beating down on their body numb Will know the heat on the day that they are cooking Those whose lights run strong With no hint of interruption Will know the dark when the boys come home As for those who look like us Managing our will into the dust Who withdraw when the lights have been turned on On their pitch-black nights There'll be a flame flickering alight As they're made to cross all of the bridges they're burning How I wonder what they'll say What they'll feel and to whom they'll pray Oh, on the day that the boys come home Move this pile of clothes Let me rest my bones For there'll be one less day Till the day I'm promised As I lower my eyes Counting down all of the lies Yes, one less day till I can see grown men made honest And the only fear I have Is that my rage fade before I can See that day that the boys come home

I come home And I find myself alone again And I need your voice on the phone To remind me of how brave I am Cause I get scared at night and I lose my heart I see faces in my window, I hear noises in the dark I lose my mind between the front door and the car But you cannot run from demons They know just where you are And I buy draperies to keep me in Cause I fear my heart is beating on the outside of my skin And anyone who wants to can look on in They will find me in my solitude Yeah, sometimes in my sin Cause these walls ain? t thick enough to keep out the sound Of the ghosts who dance outside my door They feed upon the ground They stepped on from the heavens They reach up from the mud Their eyes are empty They are looking for blood There was a lady, she lived next door She ain? t living anywhere anymore No, she died slowly and full of pain And I never saw her face and I never learned her name But she visits me on some days She asks me where I come from She asks me why I stay But she knows that I get scared at night and I lose my heart See faces in my window, I hear noises in the dark And I lose my mind between the front door and the car But you cannot run from demons They know just where you are They know just where you are And I come home And I need your voice on the phone I need your voice on the phone I need your voice on the phone I need your voice

When you come home I'll stop this When you come home I'll hide it good I'll never cry again When you come home to me Door closed honey she said it's over We got enough exposure to expose and dispose of ya Court Clerk looked back like boy you should be rolled I shook my head no, I live by them codes And I can't sink to there level I done been through hell and back and had a drink with the devil I done seen it all they told me ball till I fall Well I done did it well 'cause I'm the same man in and out that prison cell And I don't feel I failed wife got her a big crib 7 cars in 1 month who does that struggle did And you can ask my kids daddy live for every second Never asked questions just considered it his blessings Call me what you want but I'm the one calling collect I seen too many of my homies die for that respect To let their names fade in vein Lost in the fire grab my nuts stand up We gonna take this shit to trial Lets go When you come home I'll stop this When you come home I'll hide it good I'll never cry again When you come home to me Now if his mind week then his heart is the same They say the softer of his voice the harder the man Imma son of the block with no father to claim The streets burnt me a couple times but that's part of the game I lick my wounds stand up and still follow the flame I didn't understand until I touched a hundred grand All them rubber bands clogging up the gutter Grandma yay lobster tail and hot butter We ate the best foods drove the best cars If you shoot for the Moon then your still amongst the Stars Even if you missed I just want to feel them lips They're about to sentence me and this could be the last kiss Let's think past tense not the moments that we missed They're about to sentence me and this could be the last kiss I know we soulmates but if it's over and done just go on with your life Because it ain't life without love I'm going to miss you I saw you again I knew just where you'd be I'll stop this real soon when your back safe with me When you come home I'll stop this When you come home I'll hide it good I'll never cry again When you come home to me