My father called me up
He said "You better come home"
We heard from the doctor
And I don't think I can tell her on my own

He found a dark spot
In your mother's chest
I try to hold it all together
But I'm such a mess

All you lost, all you gain
Sometimes things just can't stay the same
And all you lost, all you gain
Sometimes things just can't stay the same

But I'm almost home
Right where I'm supposed to be
Well I'm almost home
Won't you leave a light on for me?
Cuz I'm almost home

She used to take my photograph
Every first day of school
Used to teach me how to fight
So I would be nobody's fool

All I lost and all I gain
Sometimes things just can't stay the same

But I'm almost home
Right where I'm supposed to be
Well I'm almost home
Won't you leave a light on for me?
Cuz I'm almost home

Up on topfield
Running down hill
Under the North Point sky
Alight with Bethlehem fires

Well I'm almost home
Right where I'm supposed to be
Well I'm almost home
Won't you leave a light on for shine on me?
Shine on me
Keep shining on
Keep shining on and on
Between familiar sheets
Cuz I'm almost home