Home is where you drop your mask, forge your armored disguise<\/p>\n
Doesn’t mean they’re always wrong<\/p>\n
Sometimes you’ve got to be strong<\/p>\n
Even when it feels like the world’s falling down,<\/p>\n
You can still come around<\/p>\n
Different times and different places<\/p>\n
sometimes familiar, sometimes strangers<\/p>\n
Even when you’ve run so far<\/p>\n
you can come home, the one place people know who you are<\/p>\n
It wasn’t always like this<\/p>\n
I used to feel alone, especially when they surrounded me, told me I was too different<\/p>\n
asked me how I could think the way I do<\/p>\n
Preaching the truth, my thoughts were impossible and stupid<\/p>\n
At least when I was alone I could lose myself in books<\/p>\n
Magic never ending, a place to run away to, at least for a while<\/p>\n
Then I saw you smile<\/p>\n
I had to look again, and tho’ I needed a frien’<\/p>\n
I was scared to let you in<\/p>\n
I’ve never trusted anyone, my mother gave me concrete proof that I was right<\/p>\n
in at least that decision, but it was a lonely place<\/p>\n
never show my real face, without feeling deep disgrace<\/p>\n
How did I get this one time chance<\/p>\n
when you asked me to dance,<\/p>\n
we heard the same song<\/p>\n
please don’t prove me wrong.<\/p>\n
We’ve both had our faults, made our apologies<\/p>\n
made our promises to keep,<\/p>\n
us sane and safe and secure<\/p>\n
This has to be for sure<\/p>\n
I’m too old to start over, too jaded to think I could<\/p>\n
It’s you and me forever, that’s what’s understood<\/p>\n
If we fall apart tomorrow or sometime down the road<\/p>\n
please remember sweetheart, my souls been bought and sold<\/p>\n
You are my tomorrow, You’re my end of days<\/p>\n
my life would surely be over if we ever parted ways<\/p>\n
we moved, we’ve changed, but my love has stayed the same<\/p>\n
Hometown doesn’t exist for me<\/p>\n
You’re the end of the game.<\/p>\n
Take this song into your heart, feel it in your soul<\/p>\n
Our lives are but a soundtrack,<\/p>\n
our Home Sweet Home,<\/p>\n
built by Rock and Roll.<\/p>\n
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