Home Is Where The Hatred Is
Broken Dreams and Silent Screams: Home's Harrowing Reality
Lyrics
A junkie walking through the twilight
A person addicted to drugs is walking during the evening.
I'm on my way home i left three days ago
The speaker is returning home after being away for three days.
But no one seems to know I'm gone
No one is aware of the speaker's absence.
Home is where the hatred is
Home is a place filled with hatred.
Home is filled with pain and it
Home is characterized by pain.
Might not be such a bad idea if I never
The idea of never returning home might not be a bad one.
I never went home again
The speaker expresses a desire to never go home again.
Stand as far away from me as
People are advised to keep a distance and ask why.
You can and ask me why
The speaker suggests holding onto religious beads (rosary) and closing eyes to witness their demise.
Hang on to your rosary beads
An instruction to hold onto religious symbols during a difficult time.
Close your eyes to watch me die
Suggests closing eyes to avoid seeing the speaker's death.
You keep saying, kick it, quit it, kick it
Encouragement to the speaker to quit or kick the addiction.
Quit it but did you ever try
Questioning if the listener ever tried quitting an addiction.
To turn your sick soul inside out
Suggests turning one's troubled soul inside out for the world to see.
So that the world, so that the world
Repetition of the idea that the world should witness the speaker's demise.
Can watch you die
Suggests the world should observe the speaker's death.
Home is where I live inside
Home is the internal space where the speaker resides.
My white powder dreams
Refers to dreams influenced by the use of white powder (possibly drugs).
Home was once an empty vacuum that's
Home was once an empty space, now filled with the speaker's silent suffering.
Filled now with my silent screams
Home is where the speaker's screams are not vocalized.
Home is where the needle marks
References needle marks, possibly from drug use, as a part of the speaker's home.
Try to heal my broken heart
The needle marks are seen as an attempt to heal a broken heart.
And it might not be such a
Reiterates the idea that never going home again might be a good decision.
Bad idea if I never, never went home again
Reinforces the notion that avoiding home could be beneficial.
Kick it, quit it kick it, quit it
Repetition of the encouragement to kick or quit the addiction.
Kick it, quit it
Continued repetition of the advice to quit the addiction.
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