When You Came Back Home
Rekindling Memories: A Tale of Change and Redemption
Lyrics
Everything changed when you came back home
Returning home altered everything.
Something in the air tried to weigh me down
There was a burden in the atmosphere.
This was never a strange place now I can't take just walk away
Once familiar, now unable to easily leave.
'Cause everything changed when you came back home
Reiteration that everything shifted upon the return.
Everything changed when you came back home
Reaffirmation of the profound change.
The falling rain gently grazed the trees
Describing rain lightly touching the trees.
And now I look around and all see is dead leaves
Seeing only dead leaves, a metaphor for desolation.
Ohhh woah it was never this cold
Expressing unexpected coldness.
Tell me why it changed when you came back home
Questioning the reason for the change upon the return.
I still remember December
Recollection of a specific time, December.
Our eyes were intertwined
Remembering intense eye contact.
Don't keep me here
Pleading not to be kept in the past.
With the roses and the wine
Reference to romantic symbols, roses, and wine.
Don't stay
Advising against staying.
You'll just love and leave and lead my soul away
Warning about causing emotional harm by leaving.
By the way
Transitioning to another thought.
Empty town where the story started
Describing a place where the story began.
I always thought that home was where the heart is
Belief that home is where emotional attachment lies.
I'm driving through this town and I don't recognize a thing
Feeling alien in a once-familiar town.
But our initials in the oak by the old rope swing
Not recognizing much except for a shared memory.
How have you been I've been dying to know
Expressing curiosity about the other person's life.
I'm holding the roses close and I still think about you
Still holding onto memories and feelings.
Ooo I still think about
Continuing to think about past times.
December remember
Recollection of the past, specifically December.
The look in your eyes
Reflecting on the emotions seen in the other's eyes.
It was never goodbye I just needed some time to realize
Realization that parting wasn't final, but needed.
That this life is nothing without you by my side
Understanding the significance of the other in life.
I know there's things I've said and things I've done
Recognition of past mistakes and oversights.
I don't know how I always failed to see the bigger picture
Realization of missing the broader perspective previously.
So please forgive me now
Asking for forgiveness and a chance to reconcile.
We can be safe and sound
Proposal of finding security and peace together.
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