Where I Came From

Verse 1

I was small enough to fit in your arms

You made the whole wide world feel safe

Every scrape and every alarm

You were the shelter I would race

Pre-Chorus

The years kept moving slow and fast

I learned to chase what I dreamed

But every road comes circling back

To the place I came from

Chorus

Mama, Papa, I'm sorry I'm far

Sometimes I never say the words out loud

Every single thing you gave

Is stitched into who I am

If I could turn the clock around

I'd hold your hands and not let go

And say it plainly, heart wide open

You're the reason I keep going

Post-Chorus

Oh, you're the reason

Oh, you're the reason

Verse 2

Some nights the quiet gets so loud

And it's your faces that I miss

When the whole world wears me down

I picture home and I can breathe

I'm not always standing at your door

That don't mean I forgot a thing

Every prayer before I sleep

I say your names first

Pre-Chorus

And when the day comes turning round

When it's you who needs me near

I won't hesitate a second

I'll come running back to you

Chorus

Mama, Papa, I'm sorry I'm far

Sometimes I never say the words out loud

Every single thing you gave

Is stitched into who I am

If I could turn the clock around

I'd hold your hands and not let go

And say it plainly, heart wide open

You're the reason I keep fighting

Post-Chorus

Oh, you're the reason

Oh, you're the reason

Bridge

If the grey comes creeping in

And the years run out of track

Let me still be standing there

To give back what you gave

Time is never ours to hold

Life goes rushing past so quick

So while you're here I'll say it clear

I love you, I love you

Final Chorus

Mama, Papa, thank you for this life

For a love that nothing measures up to

However many years roll by

I won't forget your hands on mine

And wherever I might land

However far the road may run

There's a corner in my heart

That nobody could ever take

You're my home

You're my home