Going Home
Water and Man Lyrics

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I think I'm crazy
But I'm sane
I think I've lost my way
But I'm just walking up and down this one-way train
I think I'm lazy
But I just walked a thousand miles to see you

Oh God forgive me for the sins I've done mankind

Oh God forgive me for my ignorance and fear
Oh God forgive me for the way I treated you that day
Oh God forgive me for the things I’ve done and the things I’ve had to say

I think I'm crazy
But I'm sane
I think I've lost my way
But I'm just walking up and down this one way train
This one way train
Cause I'm goin’

Home home home home home
Don't you wanna come with me
Home home home home home
Can't you see
Home home home home home
I’m going home
I’m going home

We can take these two old trees
We can cut them down put them in between
We can take these two old trees
We can cut them down build a bridge between

We can take these you and me
We can get across this pain ravine
This pain ravine
Cause I'm goin'

Home home home home home
Don't you wanna come with me
Home home home home home
Can't you see
Home home home home home
I’m going home
I’m going home

Don't you want to know what there is to know
Don't you want to see what there is to see
Don't you want to feel what you really feel
Don't you want to be what there is to be

We can take these two old beams
We can lay them down so that we can feel
We can take these painful things
We can turn them round so that we can heal
We can build a track so long
We can find a train that will take us home

We can burn a morning star
Don't you know it can take you back to the heart
Back to the heart
Cause I'm goin'

Home home home home home
Don't you wanna come with me
Home home home home home
Can't you see
Home home home home home
I’m going home
I’m going home (Are we going home)

With a penny in my pockets then the suitcase in my hand I'm gonna make it all over
Cause I've been thinking about the promise land
The system tried to rig me so I broke the chains got the one way ticket on this one way train
Complaining that I'm gonna do wrong maybe make a mistake
But I'm gonna do while they hate it that's when am gonna make it or break it
If I do it like this you better do it like that
I'm gonna get the Prata wages keep my feet up and relax

I think I'm crazy
But I'm sane
They told me I was crazy
But I think I’m sane
I think I’m sane
Cause I'm goin'

Home home home home home (I'll be going)
Home home home home home
I'll be going
Home home home home home
I’m going home
I'll be going home
Cause I'm goin'

I’m going home I’m going home I’m going home come with me
I’m going home I’m going home I’m going home can’t you see

I’m going home
I’m going home

And I don’t care what you think about me

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Water and Man's song, Going Home, depict a sense of loss and desperation. The opening lines convey a deep sense of sorrow and the desire to escape from the current predicament. The singer wakes up to realize that everything he had once cherished is now gone. As the night wears on and his sense of despair deepens, he contemplates leaving everything behind. The bleakness of the situation is reflected in the repetition of phrases like "Late on into the evenin', child, I feel like, like blowin' my home" and "Well now, woke up this mornin', all I had was gone." The sense of loss is palpable, and the singer's voice becomes increasingly distraught as the song progresses.

The second verse of the song speaks of a search for something, perhaps a lost love or something more abstract. The rivers and the ocean that "run into the sea" serve as a metaphor for the vastness of the search, and the futility of trying to find something in such an infinite expanse. The urgency of the situation is clear, as the singer states that if he does not find what he is searching for, he will surely be buried. The repeated line "somebody sure gonna bury me" is a haunting refrain that emphasizes the desperation of the situation.

In the final verse, the singer's voice takes on a more hopeful note. He expresses the belief that time will heal all wounds, and that his lost love will eventually return to him. The sense of time passing becomes a recurring theme, as minutes seem like hours and hours seem like days. However, the singer remains resolute in his belief that his love will eventually see the error of her ways and return to him.

Overall, the lyrics to Water and Man's song, Going Home, are a powerful testament to the human experience of loss and the search for meaning in the face of adversity. The repetition of certain lines and phrases emphasizes the desperation of the situation and gives the song a haunting quality. However, the final verse's more hopeful tone suggests that even in the darkest of moments, there is always hope for redemption.

Line by Line Meaning

Well, it gettin' Late on into the evenin' and I feel like, like blowin' my home
As the evening grows old, I feel like leaving my current place of residence

When I woke up this mornin' all I had, I had was gone
Upon waking up today, I realized that everything I had was missing or lost

Brooks run into the ocean, the ocean run in, into the sea
Streams flow into the sea or ocean, which eventually leads back to the ocean

If I don't find my baby, somebody gonna sure bury me
Finding my loved one is so important that failing to do so would bring about my end

Minutes seemed like hours, but don't it seem like days?
Time appears to pass slowly and drags on, making hours feel like an eternity

Seems like my baby would stop her old evil way
I hope my significant other will change their negative behavior

Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Harrison

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