Going Home
Journey to Belonging: Embracing the Meaning of 'Going Home'
Lyrics
Many times in my in childhood
Reflecting on childhood experiences
When we've traveled so far
Recalling long journeys
By nightfall how weary I've grown
Expressing weariness by nightfall
Fathers arms would slip around me
Describing comfort in father's arms
And gently he'd say
Father reassuring the speaker
My child were going home
Affirmation of the journey toward home
Going home, I'm going home
Emphasizing the desire to go home
There is nothing to hold me here
Expressing detachment from current circumstances
I've caught a glimpse of that Heavenly land
Having a vision of a heavenly land
Praise God, I'm going home
Gratitude and joy for the prospect of going home
Now the twilight is fading
Describing the approach of evening
The day soon shall end
Acknowledging the end of the day
Lord, I get homesick
Feeling homesick as the journey continues
The farther I roam
Expressing an increasing yearning for home
Oh, but the Father, he has led me
Recognition of guidance by the Father
Each step of the way
Acknowledging guidance throughout the journey
And now I'm going home
Reiterating the theme of going home
Going home, I'm going home
Repeating the desire to go home
There is nothing
Reiterating detachment from current circumstances
To hold me here
Restating the vision of a heavenly land
I've caught a glimpse of that Heavenly land
Expressing joy and praise for the journey home
Praise God, I'm going home
Concluding with a grateful affirmation
Oh, oh, oh
Concluding with an emotional expression
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