Reaching all the trials Thinking places and the smiles That raised us to believe We would all end up the same As a number, not a name Surrounded but alone And words will fade and lose their place In the pages that pass away And city lights will burn tonight To bring us home Bring us home We could break the pattern Strike the match and light the lanterns A signal to the world Set them on the highest tail Show them love's in fashion still To light their way back home And words will fade and lose their place In the pages that pass away And city lights will burn tonight To bring us home Bring us home Heads are down and hands are folded Through each word, these hearts are molded We choose love and we choose feeling We choose hope and life with meaning Heads are down and hands are folded Through each word, these hearts are molded We choose love and we choose feeling We choose hope and life with meaning And words will fade and lose their place In the pages And city lights will burn tonight To bring us home To bring us home City lights will burn tonight To bring us home To bring us home