Back Where I Belong
Finding Home: Alison Moyet's Emotional Journey in 'Back Where I Belong'
Lyrics
Have no faith
Expressing a lack of faith or trust.
Believe me, don't believe in me
Highlighting a conflict between belief and doubt.
I'm gonna let you down
Admitting a likelihood of disappointing someone.
You make it so very easy
Indicating the easiness with which the speaker can be let down.
He's waiting for me
Referring to someone waiting for the speaker.
That's the way I ever want it to be
Describing a desired state of being with that person.
It's always been the same
Stating a recurring pattern in the speaker's life.
Yes it has, do you see. Wanna be where I belong
Expressing a desire to be where the speaker truly belongs.
I belong
Reiterating the sense of belonging.
What am I supposed to do?
Expressing uncertainty about what to do in a particular situation.
If he were there I wouldn't be with you
Acknowledging that the speaker would be with someone else if a certain person were present.
And you know the time is wrong
Pointing out that the timing is not right.
I'm going home back where I belong
Declaring the intention to return to a place where the speaker feels at home.
You cant loose what you don't have
Reflecting on the impossibility of losing something not possessed.
Making waves wont keep mine from me
Asserting that external disturbances won't affect what belongs to the speaker.
I was lonely and there you were
Recalling a past loneliness and the subsequent presence of someone.
Don't think he's hiding in the backroom
Dismissing the idea that the awaited person is hiding.
He knows with a wave of his hand
Describing the awaited person's awareness and influence.
[On my way] you'll be out and I
Expressing a departure, with a suggestion of being on the way.
[On my way] I'll be on my way
Repeating the idea of being on the way.
[On my way] back where I belong
Stating the destination as a return to where the speaker belongs.
I belong
Reaffirming a sense of belonging.
If he were there I wouldn't be with you
Reiterating that the speaker would not be with the current company if the awaited person were present.
And you know that it's all I have
Acknowledging that the awaited person is all the speaker has.
I'm telling you baby I can't stop now
Declaring an inability to stop a particular course of action.
He's waiting for me
Reiterating someone waiting for the speaker.
I gotta go 'cos
Expressing the need to leave because of the awaited person.
I feel his hand
Sensing the presence of the awaited person through a touch.
Reminds me how ain't no use in having any other man
Emphasizing the futility of having any other man when the awaited person is present.
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