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This room shrank when I opened the door
The paint peels where my dreams once soared
Curtains hang like forgotten thoughts
And the silence says more than I ever thought
The posters fade like teenage vows
Still curled at the edges, whispering now
My name feels wrong in the echo here
Like a suit I outgrew but still revered
And I sit on the bed I used to climb
Wondering who lived here and was it mine
The ceiling drips in perfect time
With a version of me I can't rewind
Back home, but it's only the walls that stayed the same
Back home, where the shadows still remember my name
Suitcase by the door, ghost in my chest I came looking for someone I left
Jar full of notes I meant to burn
Smells like a version of lessons unlearned
I lay where I once dreamt in flames
Now just lying still, whispering names
And the mirror cracks in the softer light
Like it's trying to spare me the fight
The air here knows what I forgot
But won't remind, just watches rot
Back home, with the blue light bleeding through the glass
Back home, where the future pretends it's still the past
Dust where my trophies used to rest I came looking for someone I left
Was I ever that kid with the fire in his eyes
Or just a flicker caught in old disguise
I search the wallpaper for a clue
But all I find is a stranger's hue
Back home, the floorboards creak like they still know
Back home, where I vanish every time I grow Suitcase still zips so half-dressed
I came looking for someone I left