He'll Come Home
Eternal Longing: A Heart's Anticipation for His Return
Lyrics
She thinks about him constantly
She constantly thinks about him.
Picks up a paper and pen writes him every day
She writes to him every day using paper and pen.
And every day puts the letter away
Despite writing daily, she doesn't send the letters; she puts them away.
'Cause he'll come home
He will return home.
When he's tired of running around
His return will happen when he's done with a period of aimless wandering.
He'll come home
Reiteration of the belief that he will come home.
She can feel it in her bones
She senses his return strongly, perhaps intuitively or emotionally.
He'll come home
Expressing confidence that he will come home.
When one too many lovers leaves him all alone
His return will be prompted by loneliness after losing too many lovers.
He'll come home
Reiteration of the anticipation of his return.
She lives her life through a photograph
She lives vicariously through a photograph, suggesting a longing for the past.
And paints her face to hide the way she feels
She disguises her emotions by painting her face.
She keeps the time away
She avoids acknowledging time to cope with the years he's been absent.
'Cause she's afraid to count the years the he's been gone
Fearful of counting the years he's been away.
Gone
Emphasizes his prolonged absence with the repetition of "Gone."
But don't feel bad 'cause she'll be all right
Encourages not feeling sorry for her, implying she will be fine.
She sips her wine and gets tipsy in the moonlight
She indulges in wine and becomes tipsy in the moonlight.
The she leaves the door wide open
She leaves the door wide open, perhaps a symbolic gesture of hope.
Just one more night
She plans to wait just one more night for his return.
Till he comes home
Reiteration that he will come home.
And he's tired of running around
His return will occur when he's tired of wandering.
He'll come home
Reiteration of the belief in his eventual return.
I can feel it in my bones
The narrator personally feels the anticipation of his return.
He'll come home
Reiteration of personal confidence in his return.
When one too many lovers
Anticipation that he will come home when left alone by too many lovers.
Leaves him all alone
Highlighting the loneliness that triggers his return.
He'll come home
Confident expression that he will come home.
He'll come home home
Reiteration of the anticipation of his return home.
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