In My Room
The Starlite Singers Lyrics


Jump to: Overall Meaning ↴  Line by Line Meaning ↴

I want to go back to my little grass shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii
I want to be with all the kanes and wahines that I knew long ago
I can hear old guitars a playing, on the beach at Hoonaunau
I can hear the Hawaiians saying "Komomai no kaua ika hale welakahao"
It won't be long 'til my ship will be sailing back to Kona
A grand old place that's always fair to see
I'm just a little Hawaiian and a homeside Island boy
I want to go back to my fish and poi
I want to go back to my little grass shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii
Where the Humuhumu, Nukunuku a puaa goes swimming by
Where the Humuhumu, Nukunuku a puaa goes swimming by

I want to go back to my little grass shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii
I want to be with all the kanes and wahines that I knew long ago
I can hear old guitars a playing, on the beach at Hoonaunau
I can hear the Hawaiians saying "Komomai no kaua ika hale welakahao"
It won't be long 'til my ship will be sailing back to Kona
A grand old place that's always fair to see
I'm just a little Hawaiian and a homeside Island boy
I want to go back to my fish and poi




I want to go back to my little grass shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii
Where the Humuhumu, Nukunuku a puaa goes swimming by

Overall Meaning

The Starlite Singers’s song “In My Room” is a nostalgic ballad about yearning to go back to one’s roots in Hawaii. The singer longs to return to their old home in Kealakekua, a town on the west coast of Hawaii island. They miss the company of their old friends and fellow kanes (men) and wahines (women) and the familiar sound of old guitars being played on the beach at Hoonaunau. In the chorus, the singer repeats their desire to return to the little grass shack they called home, where they can enjoy traditional Hawaiian foods like fish and poi, and the unique sight of the Humuhumu, Nukunuku a puaa, a type of colorful reef triggerfish, swimming by.


The lyrics of “In My Room” evoke a sense of longing and homesickness, as the singer describes a place and a time that they miss deeply. The use of Hawaiian words like “kane,” “wahine,” and “humuhumu” gives the song a distinctly local flavor and reminds the listener of the unique culture of Hawaii. The song also touches on themes of nostalgia and the importance of home and community, sentiments that are universal and relatable to people from all walks of life.


Line by Line Meaning

I want to go back to my little grass shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii
I yearn to return to my humble abode in Kealakekua, Hawaii


I want to be with all the kanes and wahines that I knew long ago
I long to reunite with all the men and women I once knew


I can hear old guitars a playing, on the beach at Hoonaunau
I can hear the sweet melodies of ancient guitars playing on the Hoonaunau Beach


I can hear the Hawaiians saying "Komomai no kaua ika hale welakahao"
I hear the Hawaiians welcoming us to their modest home with kindness


It won't be long 'til my ship will be sailing back to Kona
Before too long, my vessel will return to Kona's shore


A grand old place that's always fair to see
Ancient beauty permeates this admirable land


I'm just a little Hawaiian and a homeside Island boy
I am a young Hawaiian boy fond of my homeland


I want to go back to my fish and poi
I yearn for the simple yet satisfying meals of fish and poi


Where the Humuhumu, Nukunuku a puaa goes swimming by
I long to witness the awe-inspiring sight of the Humuhumu and Nukunuku a puaa fish swimming by




Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: BILL COGSWELL, JOHNNY NOBLE, TOMMY HARRISON, WILLIAM COGSWELL

Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
To comment on or correct specific content, highlight it

Genre not found
Artist not found
Album not found
Song not found
Most interesting comments from YouTube:

@itsabeautifullife565

Heard this 10 years ago. And just going through depression and anxiety right now and said to myself.


"I dont know what im running from but im running still. I conversate with acquaintances but its nothing real"


Didnt even realize thats what Mac told me too.

R.I.P. MAC ❤



@zerelem7749

Hallelujah, thank God I have a future
Prayin' I don't waste it gettin' faded
Cause I'm smoking, till I'm coughin' up tar
Through the surge, energy curve like a lumbar
I don't act hard, I still read Babar
Trippin' out, lookin' at a bunch of Google map stars, shit
They got a app for... that
But me, I'm still trapped inside my
Head, it kinda feel like it's a purgatory
So polite and white, but I got family who would murder for me
Think I'm living paradise, so would I have to worry 'bout?
Dealing with these demons, feel the pressure, find the perfect style
Making sure my mom and dad are still somewhat in love
All these backfires of my experiments with drugs
And I experience the touch of my epiphany in color form
The difference between love and war inform me -- I'm above the norm
But, give me anybody though,
I'll gladly chew his face off, them bath salts
Rhyming like it's summertime on asphalt, hot
Haven't picked a major label, think I'm blackballed
I still don't got the heart to pick my phone up when my dad calls
Will he recognize his son when he hears my voice?
I put this music against my life, I think I fear the choice
And I don't know what I'm running from, but I'm running still
I conversate with acquaintances, but it's nothing real
I'm from a city that you hear and think a bunch of steel
So a hundred mills wouldn't make me sign a fucking deal
Money kills, that's the truth, it's called the root of evil
But I want that Rolls Royce that the homie Lennon drove
So, if you ain't talkin' bout some money I'mma send you home
Unconventional, special but unprofessional
Adolescent expression that's letting me meet these centerfolds
As troubles fill my mind capacity, I let them go
If I was Johnny Depp in Blow, I would let it snow
That's just me all wilding out and being extra dope
And if God was a human it'd be yours truly
Watching horror movies with some foreign groupies
Thinking this decor suits me
I do drugs to get more loopy
I'm in tune to ancient jujitsu spirituals it's blissful
Looking out as far as eyes can see
I'm glad that me and this elevation could finally meet
I think I'm JFK's final speech
They try assassinating all of my beliefs
But I'm asleep so whisper to me for some peace of mind
And he be high some weed to grind on top a Jesus shrine
Twenty thousand on my watch cause I needed time
If y'all would leave me the fuck alone, that'd be divine
Can't decide if you like all the fame
Three years ago to now, it's just not the same
I'm looking my window ashing on the pane
Shit, wonder if I lost my way
Don't you ever wanna hide away
Poseidon triumph in the eyes of rain
Won't give a fuck about tomorrow if I die today
I'll greet the devil with a smilin' face
Shit, that God fellow may reside in space
As, time's a wasting I'm freebasing with Freemasons
My girl's switchin' the locks, the keys keep changin'
Dreamin' of places my own personal creations
If there's a party in heaven I plan to leave wasted
Retracin' my steps way back to biblical times
We-We all gon' end up meetin' at the finishin' line



All comments from YouTube:

@sukhpreetriyat8505

"We all gonna end up meeting at the finishing line" RIP Mac

@clues4

That line hit me back when I was 18 and this album dropped.
Firmly believe the real ones will collide on some higher plane

@shawnslabinski3772

I hope soon

@larryfisherman4199

@frank lotionIf ya care to know, mac meant this in the psychedelic way that we are one consciousness, divided by perspective and confused the present linearity of space time. We're all the same consciousness. In science terms, we're the Higgs Field

@larryfisherman4199

So "real" or not. They're are no real ones. Just you. See you soon.

@rylanmacdonald6416

True. Dirtnaps for everyone!
Who's comin w me? Oh yeah, you all are.

19 More Replies...

@geroldcooper6686

"We all gon end up meeting at the finishing line."
Save a place for me Mac. RIP king.

@troypezzato6364

I literally read this comment as he said it, that was weird

@oddfuture7160

@Troy Pezzato omfg samee sooo weird

@ch4rlz398

@Troy Pezzato its called synchronicity

More Comments

More Versions