We Both Come Home

John... when I go quiet, keep moving. Not without you. Four years I counted every breath Behind the frost that hid your face. I held the silence while you slept; Now silence takes my place. I know the stars. I know the route. I lose the words I mean to say. I found us paths through dying worlds; I can't outrun my own decay. I hear you underneath the noise. You don't owe me one more war. Keep talking. Let me find your voice. You're who I'm coming for. We both come home, we both come home. No voice left waiting in the cold. No empty hand against the sky, No life for life. No last goodbye. Through every fracture, every fall, You're still the one beneath it all. We cross the dark, but not alone. We both come home. They taught me how to take a hill, To bear the weight and bury pain. You found the boy beneath the steel; You called him by his name. They mark you down as damaged gear, A failing part to cast aside. I won't salute an empty room And call it coming back alive. The ship is breaking at the seams. Your light is failing in my hand. I set the charge. You find the gate. Our future hangs on one command. One last command. The passage wakes. I hold it through the rising tide. You carry what is left of me; I get us to the other side. We both come home, we both come home. No voice left waiting in the cold. No empty hand against the sky, No life for life. No last goodbye. Through every fracture, every fall, You're still the one beneath it all. We cross the dark, but not alone. The guns fall still. The work begins. I bring you to the hands that made us. I learned to stand through anything; I never learned to wait. She finds the threads inside the noise, And mends the places coming loose. I wake to find you sitting there. I know your face. I know it's you. The quiet doesn't hurt me now. There's rain against the windowpane. You set your helmet on the floor. I say your name to hear it once again. No orders waiting in my ear. No burning sky to drag us through. I used to count the worlds we saved; Now I can count the days with you. We both came home, we both came home. There's more to us than holding on. No last salute. No last goodbye. Just dawn reflected in your eyes. Through every fracture, every fall, You're still the one beneath it all. A future we can call our own. We both came home. You're staring, John. Just making sure.