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Moving Dreams and Fierce Hopes: Unraveling the Meaning of Lynn Drury's 'Home'
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My home is always moving, my face against the sun
Expresses a sense of constant movement in the speaker's life, facing challenges with resilience.
Waving in the wind 'neath the belly of a gun
Symbolizes vulnerability and exposure to danger, possibly from conflict or violence.
Home is just a target weighs heavy on my back
Portrays home as a target, burdened by difficulties, creating a heavy load.
No human can afford this wasteland
Highlights the inhospitable nature of the environment, suggesting it's unaffordable for humans.
Hope is like a light buried deep beneath the sea,
Compares hope to a hidden light beneath challenges, anticipating a future revelation.
Shimmering in darkness but one day the world shall see
Foresees a day when the world will recognize the hidden hope despite current darkness.
My home is always moving through the tops of trees,
Describes a mobile home moving through adversity, possibly nature-related.
Another resolution and they'll chop us to our knees
Suggests vulnerability to external forces and the potential for setbacks with resolutions.
This land is your land but was it always so?
Raises a question about the true ownership or accessibility of the land mentioned.
Waiting for the saviour to let my people go
Waiting for salvation or liberation, drawing a parallel with a historical struggle.
Hope is just a target weighs heavy on my back
Reiterates the heaviness of hope as a target, possibly burdened by challenges.
This ""problem"" speaks my lips I do not understand
Uncertainty or lack of comprehension about a significant issue referred to as a "problem."
My home is always moving
Repetition emphasizes the constant, perpetual nature of the speaker's moving home.
My home is always moving
-I've dreamed this land would rise up out of its cave
Expresses a hope or vision that the land will transform positively.
Hands like mountains shielding us from all the pain
Symbolizes protection from pain through powerful imagery of hands like mountains.
Swallowing the evil men and the promises they made
Conveys a desire for justice by envisioning the defeat of evil individuals and broken promises.
My dreams are just the cries on the unwritten page
Suggests that dreams are unheard cries on an unwritten page, possibly unacknowledged or unrealized.
Fierce like lions guarding all the good
Depicts strength and determination, likening it to fierce lions guarding the good.
The ground breaks open where your children's children stood
Implies a transformative event affecting future generations in a profound way.
My home is always moving across the borderline
Highlights the constant movement across a borderline, suggesting a struggle or journey.
Fierce like lions waiting for our time
Reiterates the fierceness and patience of the speaker, waiting for a significant moment.
My home is always moving across the borderline
-Fierce like lions waiting for our time
-Hope is just light buried deep beneath the sea,
Recalls the buried hope as a light beneath challenges, echoing earlier sentiments.
Shimmering in darkness but one day the world shall see
Repeats the anticipation of a future revelation when the world will recognize the hidden hope.
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