A Journey Back Home

She sits home waiting

On her porch

The sun sets, but he's still north

And the sky grows pink

The air gets cold

And she feels as though she's growing old

When will you be home, darling?

She asks to the sky

She plays through her head of when he was waving goodbye

It's been forever now

And I need you here

She needs to hear his horse

Darling when will you be back from the north?

I need to hear you say hello

I need you to come home

As the sun goes down, she decides that it's late

She turns to head inside

Another day of waiting

But her eyes open wide

When she turns around to the sound of a horse

Trotting up the trail in the trees

She almost falls to her knees

Because she's waited so long for this moment

When he'll come home

Well now he's home

She runs up to meet him with a tear in her eye

And as he arrives, she cries "Oh my!" 

He looks so different, and he's gotten older

But his eye is black and there's a scar on his shoulder

Darling you've been away so long I started crying when I saw you and your beautiful horse run up to the house a little house on a hill I'm so surprised that you're here because I've waited hours on that doorstep, sitting with my butt on the wood and you have a scar on your shoulder and your eye is bruised and we'll take care of that very soon but to see you is just so good I hope you'll stay home now

He says forever

Forever is how long I've waited

And how long I'll stay 

I'll stay forever

Darling don't be afraid

Because to leave again would be the end of me darling

To leave again would be the start of a journey, a journey back here

A journey back home

Because no matter where this house is

If it's at the top of a hill, or the edge of a cliff

As long as that's where you are oh I wanna be there forever