1.This is the turning point of the album. It’s about realising you’ve drifted too far from yourself, and deciding to walk back, even if it’s slow, even if it’s painful. It’s not a triumphant return. It’s a quiet, determined one. The kind of healing that happens step by step, not all at once.

Lyrics

Verse 1
I paid the price for choices that I never should’ve made,
Got kicked out of my own home, and I owned every bit of blame.
Two little girls I couldn’t tuck in every night,
That was the kind of hurt that cuts a grown man deep inside.

Then an Army nurse told me my time in green wasn’t done,
Said she loved me, said together we could build a life as one.
So I put the uniform back on, oldest grad they’d ever seen,
Walked out of Duntroon standing tall… but still not feeling free.

CHORUS
I’ve been broken, I’ve been blinded, I’ve been brought down to my knees,
Lost a home, lost love, lost everything I thought I’d ever need.
But every time the world fell down, I found a way to breathe,
And somehow all those shattered parts led me where I’m meant to be.
Yeah, every mile of hurt and hope was the road back to me.

VERSE 2
She left me with an empty room, just my clothes and my two girls,
A tiny flat in Brisbane where I tried to rebuild my world.
I swore that love was over, swore my heart was locked away,
Just a soldier doing duty, nothing more to give or say.
Then a recruit in Toowoomba couldn’t make the interview,
Asked if we could meet in town, and something in me knew.

One look in that carpark and my guard just fell apart,
Didn’t plan it, didn’t want it… but she walked straight through my heart.

CHORUS
I’ve been broken, I’ve been blinded, I’ve been brought down to my knees,
Lost a home, lost love, lost everything I thought I’d ever need.
But every time the world fell down, I found a way to breathe,
And somehow all those shattered parts led me where I’m meant to be.
Yeah, every mile of hurt and hope was the road back to me.

BRIDGE
I promised I’d stay single, swore I’d never fall again,
But love don’t follow orders, it just shows you where you’ve been.
She moved into that tiny flat, and life began to heal,
And for the first time in a lifetime… love finally felt real.

FINAL CHORUS
I’ve been broken, I’ve been blinded, I’ve been brought down to my knees,
But every scar and every stumble was a step that carried me.
To the woman who saw through the hurt, to the man I fought to be,
To the life we built from nothing, to the love that set me free.
Yeah, every mile behind me now… was the road back to me.