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Welcome Home Lyrics
I go outside to find the middle of nowhere
everyone needs their own empty stage
just like the sky with no beginning or ending
or reading a book without a last page
Stop and turn around
and say it with your eyes closed
you don't need to welcome me home
stop, turn around
try looking with your eyes wide open
As we live our lives
through a series of glances
and you smile without smiling
for a whole another year
I think we need a little bit more understanding
I think the future is already here
so I won't ask you to
Stop and turn around
and say it with your eyes closed
you don't need to welcome me home
stop, turn around
try looking with your eyes wide open
welcome home
everyone needs their own empty stage
just like the sky with no beginning or ending
or reading a book without a last page
and say it with your eyes closed
you don't need to welcome me home
stop, turn around
try looking with your eyes wide open
through a series of glances
and you smile without smiling
for a whole another year
I think we need a little bit more understanding
I think the future is already here
so I won't ask you to
and say it with your eyes closed
you don't need to welcome me home
stop, turn around
try looking with your eyes wide open
welcome home
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i love this song! it's definitely one of my favorite idlewild songs. i love the harmony at the end when roddy's just singing "welcome home" over and over. anyway, on to the meaning... i think it's kind of like he's trying to end a relationship, but he still loves her. and they haven't been fighting or anything, but they've just grown apart... so he's breaking up really gently because he doesn't want to upset her or himself, he thinks it's better for them to move on. when he says "you don't need to welcome me home" he's saying stop trying so hard, i know it's not working, it's ok. anyway that's one interpretation, but i think it can also be listened to as a love song. also, has anyone else noticed roddy woomble's references to acting/theater? like in this song he talks about "everyone needs their own empty stage" and in el capitan he says "in a cast that's taking places, i'm unsure of where i'm meant to be". also on his recent solo album there's a song called act IV. maybe it doesn't mean anything, but as an idlewild fan and a wannabe actress i find it a really cool metaphor.
Along with many Idlewild lyrics this leaves me slightly confused as to the real 'meaning' of the song - esoteric_rubbish's theories sound as good as any as I've heard, but either way this is a great song!