Come Home
Sara Bareilles and One Republic Lyrics

Hello world
Greetings to the world

Hope you're listening
I hope the audience is paying attention to me

Forgive me if I'm young
Pardon my youthful inexperience

For speaking out of turn
For saying something inappropriate or unexpected

There's someone I've been missing
I'm feeling the absence of a loved one

I think that they could be
I believe this person could be

The better half of me
The missing piece that completes me

They're in the wrong place trying to make it right
This person is struggling in their current situation

But I'm tired of justifying
I'm weary of explaining or defending their actions

So I say to you
So I implore you

Come home
Return to me

And right now there's a war between the vanities
There is currently a conflict driven by egotistical pursuits

But all I see is you and me
Despite this conflict, I only see you and me together

The fight for you is all I've ever known
My entire existence has revolved around fighting for you

Oooh
A vocalization expressing emotion

I get lost in the beauty
I become captivated by the splendor of the world

Of everything I see
Of all that is before me

The world ain't as half as bad
The world is not as terrible as it may seem

As they paint it to be
As society portrays it to be

If all the sons
If all of us men

If all the daughters
If all of us women

Stopped to take it in
Took a step back and appreciated the world

Well hopefully the hate subsides and the love can begin
Perhaps the animosity can fade away and love can prevail

It might start now yeah
It could begin at this very moment

Well maybe I'm just dreaming out loud
Maybe my hopes and desires are unrealistic

Everything I can't be
All the things I'm not

Is everything you should be
Are all the things you embody

And that's why I need you here
This is why I long for your presence

So hear this now
Listen closely to my words

For so long
For an extended period of time