At the gates of Babylon Dear ancient one, I see your home Dear ancient god, reveal your home All the power that she had lost Awakening a goddess in the dark On a stake she’s been hanging like a doll Tried to reach for the underworld Had to pass through

It's the simple things in life Like the kids at home and a loving wife That you miss the most when you lose control Everything you love starts to disappear The devil takes your hand and says, no fear Have another shot, just one more beer I've been there,

I will make my home here Know I was fine before, fine before, fine before My feet ever slow The age that takes me I'll slip out to the mountains Where nobody knows me Do you ever listen Did you know that We could make sounds?

And we got three more days 'til Friday I swear I wish somebody would tell me Ooh, that's all I want Is taken for weakness Now I'm FourFiveSeconds from wildin' I'm just tryna make it back home by Monday mornin' I'm tryna make it back home by Monday

I decided to stay home tonight I decided I'ma treat you right I decided to be there for you Decided to be on my P's and Q's I decided to give up my friends Decided I'ma take take you out weekends Decided to give you a reason to trust

I let you down, I let you down I made waves, and I'm ashamed This all for you I let you down, I messed around 'Cause I'm a fool I made waves, my mistakes, yeah The cold in my bones I feel it in any weather Ghosts in my home

Take me home today The window opens I hear the toddling waves I think about the soldiers, I think about the interstates I would like to leave it all just for a week or two Maybe I'd see it in clarity, whatever I would see It's all so confusing, I don't

She's not cryin' anymore There's a smile upon her face A new love takes my place She used to cry when I'd come home late She couldn't buy the lies I told All she wanted was to be needed Someone that she could call her own The love I know I took for

Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself You say I've been spending my money on other women You've been taking money from someone else I called your mama 'bout three or four nights ago Come back home baby, try my love one more time Well your mother

Not alone not alone not alone But the stars in the sky look like home, take me home Was lonely then like an alien And the light in your eyes lets me know I'm not alone There was a time I was one of a kind Lost in the world out of me myself and I I tried