Homesick
Longing Echoes: Homesick Melodies by Sheryl Crow
Lyrics
I've gotten used to being gone
I have become accustomed to being away from home.
Silhouettes and unmade beds
Images of people and untidy beds.
And more and more when I'm alone
Increasingly, when I'm by myself, thoughts of you occupy my mind.
I think of you
I think about you.
I'm getting tired of going nowhere
I'm becoming weary of aimless wandering.
But it's all I ever do
However, aimless wandering is all I seem to do.
But I can turn this thing around
Although I can change my situation, I choose not to.
Guess I don't want to
Perhaps I don't really want to change.
I turn the key, open up the door
I unlock the door, place my suitcase on the floor.
I sit my suitcase down on the hardwood floor
My suitcase on the wooden floor.
And I call your name, and I climb the stairs
I call your name and ascend the stairs.
Then I realize that you're not there
It dawns on me that you're not present.
And I get homesick
I feel a longing for home.
I get homesick
The sentiment of yearning for home persists.
I get homesick
This homesickness lingers.
For anywhere but home
But not for my actual home.
I think I used to have the answers
I used to have solutions, but now I'm uncertain.
Oh but now I just don't know
The certainty I once had is gone.
Well that question still hangs on
The question remains: Why did I let you go?
Why did I let you go?
Reflecting on the decision to part ways.
Why did I let you go?
Repeating the question: Why did I let you go?
I turn the key, open up the door
Similar to lines 11-14, repeating the actions.
I sit my suitcase down on the hardwood floor
Recurrence of placing the suitcase on the floor.
And I call your name, and I climb the stairs
Calling your name and ascending the stairs again.
Then I realize that you're not there
The realization that you're still absent.
And I get homesick
The feeling of homesickness persists.
I get homesick
The emotion of longing for home endures.
I get homesick
Continuation of the lingering homesickness.
For anywhere but home
Not for the actual home, but for anywhere but home.
I keep wishing I'll lose my mind time and time again
Expressing a desire to lose one's mind repeatedly.
There's a picture running through my head
A mental image of being together with you.
Of me and you up there
An idealized scene of us together.
I get homesick
Reiteration of homesickness.
I get homesick
Repetition of the emotional state of homesickness.
I get homesick
Continued expression of feeling homesick.
For anywhere but home
Homesickness for any place but home.
Anywhere but home
Anywhere other than home.
I get homesick
Restatement of the homesickness sentiment.
I get homesick (Oh yes I do)
Confirmation of experiencing homesickness.
I get homesick
Reiteration of the persistent homesickness.
For anywhere but
Yearning for any place except home.
Anywhere but home
Specifically, any place other than home.
Oh but anywhere but home
The refrain emphasizes missing you.
'Cause I miss you
Expressing the feeling of missing someone (you).
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