I'm Goin' Home
Journey of Loss and Resilience: I'm Goin' Home by The Lucky Devils
Lyrics
Mama please don't go
Mama, please stay and don't leave.
Won't you stay here for one more day
Requesting the mother to stay for an additional day.
I've been your boy for so long now
Expressing a long-standing connection as her son.
There's so much I still have to say
Feelings of having unspoken words and emotions.
Sky rips open, and I hold my heart in my hand
A dramatic image of intense emotions, possibly heartbreak.
Like a soldier on his very last day
Comparing oneself to a soldier facing the last day, symbolizing impending departure or loss.
Cried myself to sleep that night, and I listened
Narrator experienced sadness and heard angelic voices, indicating a profound emotional moment.
As I heard the angels sing
Implies a spiritual or transcendent experience involving angels.
Sha la la la Sha la la la, I'm going home.
Repetition of "Sha la la la," expressing a journey or transition back home.
Sha la la la Sha la la la, I'm going home.
Continuation of the theme of returning home.
Something inside makes me scream
A deep internal feeling causing the narrator to scream.
How could God take you from a little boy
Questioning why God would take someone from a little boy.
He'll be alright, he's by my side
Reassurance that the departed is still present and supportive.
He's no little boy, he's my pride and joy
Contradiction, asserting that the departed is not a little boy but a source of pride and joy.
Sha la la la Sha la la la, I'm going home.
Repetition of the transitional "Sha la la la," emphasizing the journey home.
Sha la la la Sha la la la, I'm going home.
Continuation of the theme of going home.
Summer on the radio and the phone rings
Setting the scene with summer on the radio and a phone call.
And it was Jeanette
Identification of the caller as Jeanette.
She said boy we had to let her go
Announcement of the departure of someone important.
I begged her no, no not yet
Protest against the timing of the departure, pleading for a delay.
You left six of us to fend for ourselves
Narrator left with a responsibility to fend for themselves due to the departure.
I guess it's part of someone's master plan
Suggests acceptance of the departure as part of a larger plan or destiny.
I see you laughing, you're my best friend
A joyful memory of the departed as a best friend.
You're the light of the lamb, and I cried
Symbolic imagery of the departed as a guiding light.
as the angels sing
Recalling a moment of emotional intensity, possibly grief.
Sha la la la Sha la la la, I'm going home.
Repetition of "Sha la la la," signaling the ongoing journey home.
Sha la la la Sha la la la, I'm going home.
Continuation of the theme of returning home.
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