Three Years Away

[Intro – Soft]
He was living in peace,
With his family by his side,
He never knew that one day
His whole world would turn upside down.
Then suddenly, war came home,
Fear was knocking at every door,
They said, “Three days and it will end,”
They said, “One week, nothing more.”
[Chorus]
They said the war would last seven days,
Then we'd go back to our lives,
But those days became years,
And everything changed inside.
He had a home, he had his people,
He had dreams and simple ways,
Then the sound of guns came calling,
And seven days became three years.
[Verse 1 – The War]
It started like any other morning,
People walking down the street,
He never knew what tomorrow held,
Or what was coming underneath.
They said, “Three days, then it will be over,
One week, and the smoke will fade.”
But the war kept going on,
And fear became the life they made.
[Chorus]
They said the war would last seven days,
Then we'd go back to our lives,
But those days became years,
And everything changed inside.
[Verse 2 – Leaving Home]
He took his family and left his home,
With tears he tried to hide,
He left the door, he left the yard,
And all his memories behind.
He never wanted to leave that place,
Where he'd lived for all those years,
But fear told him, “You have to go,”
So he walked away through tears.
He went to a city not his own,
Among people he did not know,
He tried to build another life,
But the road was hard and slow.
[Chorus – Emotional]
Where do I go? Where can I find peace?
Where can I find some food for my family?
I never asked for wealth or gold,
Just a little home and a peaceful soul.
[Verse 3 – Searching for Work]
He said, “I'll find myself a job,
Maybe a door will open soon.”
He searched all day, he searched all week,
But nothing came, not even a room.
Day after day, he carried his worries,
But he never gave up the fight,
Every morning he would wake up
And say, “Maybe today will be alright.”
“Do you have a job for me?”
He asked wherever he could go,
Then he walked back home at night,
With empty pockets, moving slow.
His heart was tired, his mind was heavy,
But hope was still alive,
For his children and his family,
He had to keep trying to survive.
[Bridge – Three Years]
One year passed… then another,
The distance grew inside his heart,
Three long years had come and gone,
And still he dreamed about his start.
He said, “Enough… I'm going home,
Back to the land where I belong.
Whatever changed, whatever happened,
My city is still inside my heart.”
[Verse 4 – Coming Home]
After three years, he came back home,
Back to his city once again,
He stood in front of his old house,
And tears came down like rain.
The place was still the same place,
But the people were not there,
The streets were quiet without them,
The laughter disappeared into the air.
He walked inside and touched the walls,
He whispered, “Time, what have you done?”
Here I lived my happiest days,
Here my dreams had just begun.
He didn't find the old gatherings,
He didn't hear the voices he knew,
But deep inside, his heart was smiling:
“Thank God… I'm finally home.”
[Final Chorus – Powerful]
I'm back… even though the place has changed,
I'm back… though so much has been lost,
This is my land, these are my memories,
And here I'll start again.
I'm back… and my heart is smiling,
After all the pain and years,
All I need is to be back home,
Back in my Sudan. 🇸🇩
[Outro – Soft]
Three years have passed,
But hope never died,
He came back to his city,
And looked toward the sky.
Tomorrow can be brighter,
Than everything we've known…
The war may have changed his city,
But he finally made it home. 🎶