Missing Home
Yearning for Belonging: "Missing Home" by Larkin Poe and Thom Hell
Lyrics
She never came home
Refers to someone who did not return home.
She knew that no one would help her now
She believed that no one would come to her aid.
But where did she go? No one ever found out
Her whereabouts remain unknown.
She's lying above the ground
She is no longer alive and is on the ground.
But she is lying still
Her body is motionless.
'Cause nobody found her yet
No one has discovered her yet.
Someday will come soon
Anticipation of a future event.
But she's missing home right now
Expressing her current yearning for home.
Yes, she's missing home right now
Reiteration of her longing for home.
She can never imagine how
Unable to fathom the extent of her homesickness.
But she's missing home right now
Reaffirmation of her current homesickness.
She wrote me a note
She communicated with the speaker through a note.
(Saying something about herself)
The content of the note is unspecified.
(But where did she go?)
Emphasizing the mystery of her departure.
(No one cared to find out)
No one bothered to investigate her disappearance.
Oh, but she's missing home right now
Reiterating her current yearning for home.
Yes, she's missing home right now
Restating her current homesickness.
She can never imagine how
Expressing the difficulty in understanding her longing for home.
But she's missing home right now
Affirming her current homesickness.
(She's missing home right now)
Repetition emphasizing her current homesickness.
(She's missing home right now)
-She's missing home
A declaration that she is missing home.
(She's missing home right now)
Repetition of the declaration that she is missing home.
She's missing home
Declaration that she is missing home.
(She's missing home right now)
Repetition of the declaration that she is missing home.
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