| Radical Face – Welcome Home Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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I think a song like this, especially coming from a "concept album" as it does, is open to multiple interpretations. Personally for me, this song is about overcoming depression, or negative thinking, and emerging from the other side, coming home, as it were, to yourself. I only recently discovered this song and I immediately thought of this interpretation, maybe because it relates to my own life as I am currently working really hard to heal myself after living for years with severe depression and a huge inferiortiy complex. I think the lines which really make this song meaningful for me are: Peel the scars from off my back I dont need them anymore You can throw them out or keep them in your mason jars I've come home When I heard those lines I couldn't stop the tears because they meant so much to me - for me that line is expressing the feelings of freedom you can get when you realise that all the old wounds that were hurting you and causing you negativity can be shaken off, and it is no concern of yours what is done with them because they have no bearing on your current state of mind. I guess in a nutshell that is the feeling you get when you realise that you are able to move on from something that has been such a negative force in your life for so long. I also really related to the line "And the backs of my eyes hum with things I've never done" - for me positivity is about how you see the world, and as the back of your eyes contain the retina, which gives you vision, this line made me think of your retina "humming" with activity as you are able to see the world in a new way. In short I don't think any interpretation of this song is any more valid than the other, I think lyrics are meant to speak to people in different ways...you take what you can from them I suppose. I think any songwriter would be happy if their lyrics were able to help someone in any way - regardless of what the listener took from them. This is such a gorgeous song - I'm SO glad I found it when I did! |
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