Wrong Road Home

[Verse 1]
I kept the receipts in a drawer
Like proof I was good at the core
Held the door, said the right thing
Smiled like a saint in a ring

But the mirror caught me unmade
Every little mercy delayed
I was kind when it cost me less
That’s not love, that’s self-protect

[Pre-Chorus]
And I hate what I see
When it looks back at me
All that armor I wore
Was a lock on the door

[Chorus]
I took the wrong road home
I took the wrong road home
Now the ground feels thin
And the truth moves in
I took the wrong road home
I took the wrong road home
If I have to break it all
Let me break it all

[Verse 2]
I built a house on a promise
Then fed it lies in the margins
Clapped for the life I was sold
While my real one went cold

I can hear it in the walls
Every name I never called
Every chance I let decay
Every debt I meant to pay

[Pre-Chorus]
And I hate what I find
In the back of my mind
I was loyal to fear
For too many years

[Chorus]
I took the wrong road home
I took the wrong road home
Now the ground feels thin
And the truth moves in
I took the wrong road home
I took the wrong road home
If I have to break it all
Let me break it all

[Bridge]
If the door has to splinter
If the frame has to fall
If the life that I picked
Was a lie after all
Then pull me through ash
Pull me through rain
I’d rather lose the shape
Than keep wearing the name

[Chorus]
I took the wrong road home
I took the wrong road home
Now the ground feels thin
And the truth moves in
I took the wrong road home
I took the wrong road home
If I have to break it all
Let me break it all

[Outro]
Let it hurt where it should
Let it show where it stood
I was never that good
I was never that good