Come To My Window

Melissa Etheridge

Come to my window
Crawl inside, wait by the light of the moon
Come to my window
I'll be home soon

I would dial the numbers
Just to listen to your breath
I would stand inside my hell
And hold the hand of death
You don't know how far I'd go
To ease this precious ache
You don't know how much I'd give

Or how much I can take
Just to reach you
Just to reach you
Oh to reach you

Come to my window
Crawl inside, wait by the light of the moon
Come to my window, I'll be home soon

Keeping my eyes open
I cannot afford to sleep
Giving away promises
I know that I can't keep
Nothing fills the blackness
That has seeped into my chest

I need you in my blood
I am forsaking all the rest
Just to reach you
Just to reach you
Oh to reach you, oh

Come to my window
Crawl inside, wait by the light of the moon
Come to my window, I'll be home soon

I don't care what they think
I don't care what they say
What do they know about this love
Anyway

Come, come to my window
I'll be home, I'll be home, I'll be home
I am coming home

Come to my window, oh-ho
Crawl inside, wait by the light of the moon
Come to my window, I'll be home soon
I'll be home, I'll be home
I am coming home

Come to my window, oh ho
Crawl inside, wait by the light of the moon
Come to my window
I'll be home soon
I'll be home, I'll be home, I'll be home


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    i was first introduced to this song by south park, in an episode where cartman's mother is messing around with a house-mover. now i what i can say is that those guys really spoiled this song for me. it's such a beautiful and powerful song, love it.
    Hacklewon June 20, 2010   Link
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    in her autobiography she tells the story behind this song. she was on tour oversees away from her partner. she was trying her hardest to keep their relationship intact but julie was slipping and melissa could feel it. "i would dial the numbers just to listen to your breath" they would be on the phone for hours without saying a word, but listening to julie's breath let her know that she still was holding on. she said she wrote this song for julie as a "hey wait for me to finish doing my thing and then we can do our thing" and said that julie never liked the song. also she claims that this song isn;t about love, it's about desperatly trying to save a love that is inevitably crumbling. check our her autobiography, it talks all about it.
    reese000on February 03, 2006   Link
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    theres really no hidden meaning to this song. its prety obvious. she has fallen deeply in love with somebody that is really not accepted my some people. thats how i take the whole some to my window thing. crawl inside/ wait by the light of the moon is kinda like she has to kinda kepp this a secret. but then i dont care what they think/ i dont care what they say/ what do they abou this love anyway. is talking about the fact that she is involved in a lesbain relationship
    long luv luston July 11, 2007   Link
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    It's a gay love song and it was a huge gay anthem when it was released in 1994. The lyrics "I don't care what they think/I don't care what they say/What do they know about this love anyway" seals it's meaning. She's saying she doesn't care what straight society thinks anymore and they'll never understand anyway so F them. It was very powerful lyrics for it's time.
    chris330ron December 25, 2017   Link
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    I guess it could be a song about addiction but has Melissa Etheridge ever dealt with Drug addiction? She's a supporter of medicinal marijuana but that seems to have come up when she got cancer. Other than that I had been under the impression for the last two years that it was her "coming out" song where she expresses her struggles in lesbian romance. Anyways, until maybe three years ago I honestly did not even know that Melissa Etheridge was a lesbian (super conservative parents, sheltered life, etc. etc.) but I had heard this song and to me it is and always has been about forbidden love. Apparently she claims that it's not but the verse "I don't care what they think. I don't care what they say. What do they know about this love anyway?" Always struck me as she was in love with someone that was frowned upon. This does not necessarily mean a lesbian relationship (though in this scenario with Melissa Etheridge I suppose that is the case) or a male-male relationship but any relationship that may be considered taboo (Depending on who's watching and where in the country mixed race, mixed economic background, I think there are still places where you can find families that are feuding with children in Romeo and Juliet type scenarios, etc).
    robertBosson December 31, 2011   Link
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    this song rocks.
    alwaysfrogishon May 03, 2002   Link
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    oh my...the things love can drive us to. this song is about wanting so unbelievably badly to be with someone that you can't stand it.
    catherinekson May 29, 2002   Link
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    My favorite Melissa Etheridge song. It's simple and touching.
    Perfect Entropyon November 26, 2004   Link
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    Oh, the crazy things we do for love. I adore the "I don't care" segment. <3
    lookbeyondon January 26, 2005   Link
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    I called my ex one day, when we were still together, and sang this song to her....
    Frostieon July 30, 2005   Link

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