The Way Back Home
Guiding Light: Navigating Life's Journey with Lori McKenna
Lyrics
Well keep a Bible by your bed even if you never read it
Encouragement to have a Bible nearby, symbolizing guidance even if not actively read.
Like a candle in the drawer in case the lights go out
Keeping a candle for emergencies, preparedness for unexpected challenges.
Keep your feet on solid ground but don't ever let the stars go
Stay grounded in reality but maintain dreams and aspirations.
That way you'll always know the way back home
Ensuring that the connection to one's roots is never lost, always knowing the way back home.
Keep a Twenty in your pocket and a book for readin'
Suggesting practical preparedness with money and intellectual growth with a book.
If the truth hurts in your throat, keep mercy on your tongue
Advising kindness and compassion even when faced with painful truths.
Remember forgiveness is a choice the bitterless are reaping
Highlighting the importance of forgiveness as a choice with positive consequences.
That way you'll always know the way back home
Reiterating the theme of always having a path back home through values and choices.
That way
Emphasizing the mentioned ways as a method to find one's way back home.
When you're missin' somebody
Dealing with the feeling of missing someone profoundly.
The way you miss somebody that you've know your whole life
Comparing the intensity of missing someone to a lifelong connection.
You're always
Being always close in memory, especially in times of missing someone.
Just a memory away from findin'
Having a memory trigger that leads to one's foundational experiences.
That dirt road that leads to the front door that made you who you are
Referencing a dirt road as a nostalgic pathway to one's upbringing and identity.
Remember the smell of summer risin' off of the driveway
Evoke memories of specific scents and moments from the past.
After an afternoon rain, Mama callin' you in to eat
Recalling the comforting routine of being called in for a meal by a parent.
If you feel like you've been lost, think of the backyard you came from
Finding oneself when feeling lost by reflecting on the origin.
That way you'll always know the way back home
Reiterating the importance of roots in guiding one back home.
That way
Repeating the importance of the previously mentioned ways to find solace.
When you're missin' somebody
Continuing the theme of profound missing and its connection to lifelong relationships.
The way you miss somebody that you've know your whole life
Stressing the nearness of memories when missing someone deeply.
You're always
Reiterating the closeness of memories as a comforting presence.
Just a memory away from findin'
Using memories as a guide to the foundational experiences and identity.
That dirt road that leads to the front door that made you who you are
Further emphasizing the impact of the past on shaping one's identity.
Made you who you are
Repeating the notion that the past has a significant role in shaping one's character.
In your chest there is a compass, in your blood there is a calling
Metaphorically describing internal guidance through values and instincts.
And in your head there is a vision, you called that "the dream"
Highlighting the importance of dreams and aspirations as a driving force.
And leavin's part of it, if you didn't you might never know
Acknowledging that leaving and experiencing new things is part of personal growth.
Keep a Bible by your bed like headlights comin' up the road
Closing with a metaphor of keeping a Bible, symbolizing a guiding light.
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