Woweee. I just love this song. The soft way the voices blend together are an obvious imitation of S&G's style. This whole song has a lovely 60's vibe to it, seeming to play off a lot of popular songs from that decade. The lyrics match the melody perfectly too, and even though I've only heard this song, I already love Kings of Convenience, they must be geniuses. =)
But what I really wanted to say was how this spoke to me directly....especially the last few phrases:
"a song for
someone who needs somewhere
to long for
homesick
cause I no longer know
where home is"
It nearly made me cry, because having grown up in a foreign country and only visited my 'homeland' a couple times has left me with a strong sense of...homesickness. It's like I always feel homesick. I don't know where I'm from, where I fit in, where I should go. And this song expresses those feelings so hopelessly and perfectly. It makes me feel sad, but it also feels good to know that somebody else has felt the same restless, empty homesickness...
At least I have Heaven, the place I can really call home - but until I get there, this will be my theme song.
So that's my interpretation of this song. =D
I agree musicgypsy. It's an amazing comparison the one you made. It just made me remember that it's the same way I feel. It's just that after many years that you are in that kind of 'in-between existence' it feel like that one is the the normality. That questions like where I belong? or what am I gonna do? do not really kick in anymore. They're always there, but you are used to them. And then the only things that remains is to think of home as being incarnate by yourself. You are your home, and thus you are always...
I agree musicgypsy. It's an amazing comparison the one you made. It just made me remember that it's the same way I feel. It's just that after many years that you are in that kind of 'in-between existence' it feel like that one is the the normality. That questions like where I belong? or what am I gonna do? do not really kick in anymore. They're always there, but you are used to them. And then the only things that remains is to think of home as being incarnate by yourself. You are your home, and thus you are always home, but sometimes you feel like you are never at home.
Woweee. I just love this song. The soft way the voices blend together are an obvious imitation of S&G's style. This whole song has a lovely 60's vibe to it, seeming to play off a lot of popular songs from that decade. The lyrics match the melody perfectly too, and even though I've only heard this song, I already love Kings of Convenience, they must be geniuses. =) But what I really wanted to say was how this spoke to me directly....especially the last few phrases:
"a song for someone who needs somewhere to long for
homesick cause I no longer know where home is"
It nearly made me cry, because having grown up in a foreign country and only visited my 'homeland' a couple times has left me with a strong sense of...homesickness. It's like I always feel homesick. I don't know where I'm from, where I fit in, where I should go. And this song expresses those feelings so hopelessly and perfectly. It makes me feel sad, but it also feels good to know that somebody else has felt the same restless, empty homesickness... At least I have Heaven, the place I can really call home - but until I get there, this will be my theme song. So that's my interpretation of this song. =D
I agree musicgypsy. It's an amazing comparison the one you made. It just made me remember that it's the same way I feel. It's just that after many years that you are in that kind of 'in-between existence' it feel like that one is the the normality. That questions like where I belong? or what am I gonna do? do not really kick in anymore. They're always there, but you are used to them. And then the only things that remains is to think of home as being incarnate by yourself. You are your home, and thus you are always...
I agree musicgypsy. It's an amazing comparison the one you made. It just made me remember that it's the same way I feel. It's just that after many years that you are in that kind of 'in-between existence' it feel like that one is the the normality. That questions like where I belong? or what am I gonna do? do not really kick in anymore. They're always there, but you are used to them. And then the only things that remains is to think of home as being incarnate by yourself. You are your home, and thus you are always home, but sometimes you feel like you are never at home.