Welcome Home by Radical Face
Sleep don't visit, so I choke on sun, and the days blur into one
And the backs of my (1)________ hum with things I've never done
Sheets are swaying from an old clothesline
Like a row of (2)________________ ghosts over old (3)________ grass
Was never much, but we've (4)________ the most
Welcome home
Ships are launching from my chest
Some have names but most do not
If you find one, please let me know what piece I've lost
Peel the scars from off my back
I don't (5)________ them anymore
You can (6)__________ them out or keep them in your mason jars
I've come home
All my nightmares escape my head
Bar the door, please don't let (7)________ in
You were (8)__________ supposed to leave
Now my head's (9)__________________ at the seams
And I don't know if I can
Here, beneath my lungs
I feel your thumbs
Press into my (10)________ again
And the backs of my (1)________ hum with things I've never done
Sheets are swaying from an old clothesline
Like a row of (2)________________ ghosts over old (3)________ grass
Was never much, but we've (4)________ the most
Welcome home
Ships are launching from my chest
Some have names but most do not
If you find one, please let me know what piece I've lost
Peel the scars from off my back
I don't (5)________ them anymore
You can (6)__________ them out or keep them in your mason jars
I've come home
All my nightmares escape my head
Bar the door, please don't let (7)________ in
You were (8)__________ supposed to leave
Now my head's (9)__________________ at the seams
And I don't know if I can
Here, beneath my lungs
I feel your thumbs
Press into my (10)________ again
Answers:
(1) eyes(2) captured(3) dead(4) made(5) need(6) throw(7) them(8) never(9) splitting(10) skin