[Intro]
[Verse 1]The porch light stayed on past the middle of the night,A quiet shape waiting till my key found the door right,You never asked where or how long I'd been gone,Just pulled me in close and said morning comes on.
[Verse 2]You traded your sleep for a thousand small fears,You wiped away scraped knees and swallowed your tears,You wore the same coat through a dozen cold years,So I could have mine, warm and new, no arrears.
[Chorus]You were the calm in every storm I walked through,The softest place I ever landed was you,Hands that were tired but never let go,Mama, you're the safest home I know.
[Verse 3]Now I'm grown and I call you from cities you've never seen,But your voice on the phone still steadies everything,You ask if I'm eating, if I'm sleeping enough,Still mothering me through the wires and the static of love.
[Pre-chorus]And all the things you gave up, I'm only now understanding,Every sacrifice quiet, no applause, no demanding.
[Chorus]You were the calm in every storm I walked through,The softest place I ever landed was you,Hands that were tired but never let go,Mama, you're the safest home I know.
[Bridge]So let me carry you now the way you carried me,Through the dark and the doubt, unconditionally,Every lullaby lives in the back of my mind,And I hear it each time that the world isn't kind.
[Instrumental Break: Strings and Piano Swell]
[Chorus - High Energy with Layered Vocals]You were the calm in every storm I walked through,The softest place I ever landed was you,Arms that were tired but never let go,Mama, you're the safest home I know.
[Outro]Safest home I know,Safest home I know,Wherever I go, wherever I go,You're the safest home I know.