Home We Stay

[Intro]

(Cacophony: loud talking in Portuguese, children playing, “Brasileirinho” playing on cello, dog barking, gunshot)

[Verse 1]

Scimitar my hand’s raising,

A blunted blade to stop my craving,

Misconstrued and aching for tension,

In rage I stare at my invention,

Cut me loose, oh hang me lower,

I cannot choose if light speed or much slower-er

Aim to lose my sense of direction

In peace I sleep in my abjection

[Chorus]

Home we stay

Home we stay

Home we… 

[Verse 2]

Are alone and blunder further 

The truth I own would make me murder

Dissipate intrinsic confusion

This is my delusion

“This is my delusion”

[Solo bridge]

Who are you

To take it all

“Return to your residence immediately”

Who are you

“This is a lockdown”

To take it all

“Das ist alles für Ihre Sicherheit”

[Chorus]

Home we stay

Home we stay

Home we… 

[Verse 3]

30 years and I grow duller 

Grey and mute

Slumber deep in patient oblivion

Luncheons packed with hopeless ardor 

Faith is lost and youth is martyred 

Heal the world and see it live long

Hard times make soft people strong

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