Released: July 14, 2009
Songwriter: Ryan Tedder
Producer: Ryan Tedder
[Verse 1: Ryan Tedder]
Hello, world
Hope you're listening
Forgive me if I’m young
For speaking out of turn
There’s someone I've been missing
I think that they could be
The better half of me
They’re in the wrong place tryin' to make it right, yeah
But I’m tired of justifying
So I say to you
[Chorus: Ryan Tedder]
Come home, come home
'Cause I've been waiting for you
For so long, for so long
And right now, there's a war between the vanities
But all I see is you and me
And the fight for you is all I've ever known
So come home
Ooh
[Verse 2: Sara Bareilles]
I get lost in the beauty
Of everything I see
The world ain't half as bad
As they paint it to be
If all the sons, all the daughters
Stopped to take it in
Well, hopefully, the hate subsides
And the love can begin
It might start now, yeah
Maybe I’m just dreaming out loud
Until then
[Chorus: Sara Bareilles]
Come home, come home
'Cause I've been waiting for you
For so long, for so long
And right now, there's a war between the vanities
But all I see is you and me
And the fight for you is all I've ever known, ever known
So come home
Ooh
[Bridge: Ryan Tedder, Sara Bareilles, Both]
Everything I can’t be
Is everything you should be
And that’s why I need you here
Everything I can’t be (Everything I can’t be)
Is everything you should be (Everything you should be)
And that’s why I need you here
So hear this now
[Chorus: Ryan Tedder, Both]
Come home, come home
'Cause I've been waiting for you
For so long, for so long
And right now, there's a war between the vanities
But all I see is you and me
And the fight for you is all I've ever known (Ever known)
So come home
[Outro: Ryan Tedder, Sara Bareilles]
Come home
Come home, come home
I've been waiting for you
Come home
Hello, world
Hope you're listening
Forgive me if I’m young
For speaking out of turn
There’s someone I've been missing
I think that they could be
The better half of me
They’re in the wrong place tryin' to make it right, yeah
But I’m tired of justifying
So I say to you
[Chorus: Ryan Tedder]
Come home, come home
'Cause I've been waiting for you
For so long, for so long
And right now, there's a war between the vanities
But all I see is you and me
And the fight for you is all I've ever known
So come home
Ooh
[Verse 2: Sara Bareilles]
I get lost in the beauty
Of everything I see
The world ain't half as bad
As they paint it to be
If all the sons, all the daughters
Stopped to take it in
Well, hopefully, the hate subsides
And the love can begin
It might start now, yeah
Maybe I’m just dreaming out loud
Until then
[Chorus: Sara Bareilles]
Come home, come home
'Cause I've been waiting for you
For so long, for so long
And right now, there's a war between the vanities
But all I see is you and me
And the fight for you is all I've ever known, ever known
So come home
Ooh
[Bridge: Ryan Tedder, Sara Bareilles, Both]
Everything I can’t be
Is everything you should be
And that’s why I need you here
Everything I can’t be (Everything I can’t be)
Is everything you should be (Everything you should be)
And that’s why I need you here
So hear this now
[Chorus: Ryan Tedder, Both]
Come home, come home
'Cause I've been waiting for you
For so long, for so long
And right now, there's a war between the vanities
But all I see is you and me
And the fight for you is all I've ever known (Ever known)
So come home
[Outro: Ryan Tedder, Sara Bareilles]
Come home
Come home, come home
I've been waiting for you
Come home
more tracks from the album
Dreaming Out Loud (Deluxe)
- Apologize
- Come Home
- Something’s Not Right Here
- Hearing Voices
- Dreaming Out Loud
- Sleep
- Come Home
- Mercy (Radio 1 Live Lounge Session (Duffy cover))
- All Fall Down (Live @ The Orange Lounge)
- Someone to Save You
- Won’t Stop
- Prodigal
- All We Are
- Stop and Stare
- Say (All I Need)
- Goodbye, Apathy
- Mercy
- Apologize
- All Fall Down
- Tyrant
- All We Are (Live @ The Orange Lounge)
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- Dreaming Out Loud (Deluxe) (2007)
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