To Build a Home
Building Homes of Love and Loss: To Build a Home by Glenn & Ronan
Lyrics
There is a house built out of stone
Describes a house constructed from durable material like stone.
Wooden floors, walls and window sills
Details the components of the house, emphasizing wooden floors, walls, and window sills.
Tables and chairs worn by all of the dust
Specifies that tables and chairs within the house are worn due to accumulated dust over time, suggesting neglect or abandonment.
This is a place where I don't feel alone
Expresses comfort and a sense of belonging within this particular place.
This is a place where I feel at home
Reiterates the feeling of being at home and comfortable in this space.
And, I built a home
Indicates the singer's act of building a home.
For you
Expresses the purpose of creating the home for someone else.
For me
Highlights the creation of the home for oneself.
Until it disappeared
Suggests that the home has vanished or ceased to exist.
From me
Reinforces the disappearance of the home from the singer's perspective.
From you
Emphasizes the disappearance of the home from the perspective of the intended recipient.
And now, it's time to leave and turn to dust
Signifies the necessity of departing from the home and returning to dust, suggesting mortality or impermanence.
Out in the garden where we planted the seeds
Refers to a garden where seeds were planted, symbolizing growth and nurturing.
There is a tree as old as me
Describes a tree in the garden that has aged alongside the singer.
By the cracks of the skin I climbed to the top
Metaphorically discusses climbing the tree despite its aged appearance.
I climbed the tree to see the world
Expresses the desire to explore the world by climbing the tree.
When the gusts came around to blow me down
When facing challenges ("gusts"), the singer holds on tightly, possibly alluding to resilience or holding onto relationships.
I held on as tightly as you held onto me
Mutual support and strength are emphasized, suggesting the importance of interdependence.
And, I built a home
Reiteration of the singer's act of building a home.
For you
Re-emphasizes the purpose of constructing the home for someone else.
For me
Reiterates the act of creating the home for oneself.
Until it disappeared
Reaffirms the disappearance or loss of the home.
From me
Confirms the disappearance of the home from the singer's perspective.
From you
Confirms the disappearance of the home from the perspective of the intended recipient.
And now, it's time to leave and turn to dust
Reiterates the necessity of departing from the home and returning to dust, underscoring mortality or impermanence.
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