If Walls Could Sing

All we ever wanted was a hearth to call our own All we ever needed was warmth inside our bones Decades in the making, these walls became our home We gently stoke the fire to gently warm the stones We packed up our things Got rid of a thousand more And loaded the truck We left it all behind Neighbours and friends It felt like the end As we got further away The sun came out as if to say, "It's gonna be ok" And as we walked in the door We felt a warm sweet breeze Like we'd never felt before From pigeons on the rooftops to chickens in the yard We use to wake up with sirens, now we wake up with the lark The kids had lots of firsts there, those memories shall remain If walls could sing, they'd be singing about laughing And playing and growing and singing, "Come back soon..." The things we leave behind Are echoes of another time If we trust what we had We will always keep a piece with us Sometimes it feels far away But the light in the sky shines on The icicles melt on time Like the river turns to rain We all get to start again