Lights In The Window

V Set out an empty chair The place I used to sit You put my name there Like an epitaph You think I don’t care So many years have passed Without my face in The family photograph I had a near miss It changed the way I think Too many chances A lifetime in a blink I know I missed them Last time they came around I need to reconcile Before I’m in the ground C The landmines and the cannonballs The old grudge, and the war it caused Might be time to put them all away Another year I forgot to call Hang the lights in the window I’ll be coming home today I’ll be coming home today V You offered money I just needed a friend Then you forgot me Whatever your intent No conversation Cos I was too intense Your blank expression Killed my innocence So every year I Pulled my excuses out And decorated My lonely tree And I pretended My solitary life Was open-ended Instead of ending me C The landmines and the cannonballs The old grudge, and the war it caused Might be time to put them all away Another year I forgot to call Hang the lights in the window I’ll be coming home today I’ll be coming home today V I’ll enter slowly One stranger, coming through Afraid you’ll judge me The way I’m judging you I’ll sit in corners And glance around the room You’ll think I’m not enough I think that may be true But when I sneak in Your smiles are warm and kind I take the empty chair And let the past unwind We finally draw out A map of our mistakes Those many missteps Won’t be the path we take C The landmines and the cannonballs The old wars, let’s forget them all We can hide the battle scars away And this year I don’t have to call I see the lights in the window There are no more words to say I found my way home today