Please Come Home
Longing for Home: Gary Clark Jr.'s Melancholic Ballad Echoes Love's Distance
Lyrics
My love is with you
Expressing that the speaker's love is currently with the person being addressed.
Even though you're far away
Despite physical distance, the speaker emphasizes that love transcends the separation.
You made me love you
Acknowledging that the addressed person played a significant role in making the speaker feel love.
And that's where my love will stay, darling
Declaring that the love generated by the addressed person will remain with the speaker.
Those times I get lonely
Highlighting moments of loneliness and implying the addressed person's understanding of the speaker.
You're the one who truly knows me
Attributing a deep understanding of the speaker to the addressed person during lonely times.
I can tell it in the way, darling
Suggesting that the addressed person's understanding is evident in their actions.
You show me, why don't you please come home, girl
Directly asking the addressed person to return home and expressing the need for their presence.
Come on home, girl
Reiterating the plea for the addressed person to come home, emphasizing urgency.
You've been gone way to long, girl
Stating that the addressed person has been away for an extended period.
Ooh, come on home, girl
Repeating the plea for the addressed person to come home with heightened emotion.
Ooh oh
An emotional exclamation, possibly indicating the speaker's desperation or longing.
As time goes by
Reflecting on the passage of time and its impact on the speaker's emotional state.
My days go by slower
Describing the speaker's perception that time seems to pass slowly.
My nights are getting colder
Expressing a sense of increasing emotional discomfort, especially during nighttime.
And my mind has gone astray
Suggesting a mental or emotional drift caused by the absence of the addressed person.
Why don't you please come home, girl?
Repeating the plea for the addressed person to come home, emphasizing the emotional toll.
Oh, come on home, girl
Reiterating the request for the addressed person's return with continued urgency.
You've been gone way too long, girl
Emphasizing the prolonged absence of the addressed person and the resulting emotional strain.
Oh, come on home, darling
Encouraging the addressed person to come home with affectionate language.
Ooh, come on home, girl
Repeating the plea for the addressed person to come home with heightened emotion.
Oh, come on home, girl
Reiterating the plea for the addressed person to return, possibly with increased desperation.
Oh please come home, girl
Final plea for the addressed person to come home, expressing a deep longing or need for their presence.
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