Can't come home tonight

You never know what it's like to grow up alone

I wasn't complaining, just simply saying

But it is really hard to come home to a broken home

It's not that I'm asking for a better home, just simply explaining

 

I can't come home tonight

I need a time to breathe

Maybe I'll stay out tonight

Just to get it all out for once

I'll be back, I'll come home

But not tonight

 

It's not safe to let the door open

But when it's close I don't feel safe either

This is my home

But it's time to go

I need to let myself forget all the pain

I deserve to feel safe

So I need to go just for tonight

 

But I'll come home

I promise I'll come home

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