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