Come Back (Light therapy)

Josh Rouse

I've been waiting for the longest time
I want you to come back
Maybe if the sun would shine
It'd bring my happy back
In the dark
So tired of waking up and its dark
So tired of being stuck on my own here
Norway is cold dear

And here comes june
The sun is gonna shine in june
The doctor says I'll feel better soon
Fills my vitamin D pills
He hands me the big bill

Cause I've been waiting for the longest time
I want you to come back
Maybe if the sun would shine
You'd bring my happy back

I'm gonna stay on this mountain high
Til you come running back
Don't leave me hangin' out on that line
I want you to come back
I want you to come back

I miss my serotonin
And my days are goin nowhere fast
The language is so foreign
And I can never understand
Understand

Come back (x 11)

Yeah cause I've been waiting for the longest time
I want you to come back
Maybe if the sun would shine
You'd bring my happy back

I'm gonna stay on this mountain high
Til you come running back
Don't leave me hanging out on that line
I want you to come back
I want you to come back
I want you to come back
I want you to come back
Yeah

Waiting for the longest time

Waiting for the longest time
I want you to come back



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    General Comment
    Great song. A man waits for his girlfriend to come back to him. He's messed up, and is in some sort of sanatorium or rehab clinic, and he's taking pills and consulting with his doctor. He wants to get out and he's feeling better, but now he wants his girlfriend to come back to him, since he's going to get better soon.
    Occams_Harmonyon November 30, 2006   Link
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    General Comment
    "And here comes june The sun is gonna shine in june The doctor says I'll feel better soon Fills my vitamin D pills He hands me the big bill" Definitely talking about seasonal affective disorder (winter depression) here.
    shut me upon April 07, 2007   Link
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    General Comment
    Nice song - he misses a girl, and it's winter and cold and has no where to go.
    drewinhamtownon October 17, 2007   Link
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    General Comment
    "I miss my serotonin my days of going nowhere fast" Beautiful lyrics and orchestration.
    caralhovoadoron April 27, 2010   Link
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    General Comment
    Great to hear a song apparently on a subject matter that doesn't crop up that often, like SAD. I'm in agreement with all four previous comments; and I love the line with "I miss my serotonin" too. I woke up the other morning with the line "So tired of waking up and it's dark" on my mind and now that it's getting late in November it's so fitting. And "the sun is gonna shine in June" is brilliant; I think it's maybe like he's been told it and clings to the thought like a lifeline... Such a great song. Killer bass line too, which makes me love it even more! On the subject of the instrumentation, the strings when he repeats "Come back" 11 times, and then on the following chorus, are beautifully arranged. Oh, you've got to love 1972...
    Grace18on November 24, 2011   Link
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    My Interpretation
    It appears to me that Josh at some point in time has lived in Norway for a period and experienced the depression that can come with the winters up here. If you are not used to it it can be quite hard on the mid to go through a winter where you only get a couple of hours of grey sunlight every day. You actually get a lack of seratonin and D vitamins from not having sun on your skin for months. He also says he doesn't understand the language and the doctor just asks him to wait for June, So I don't think think it is a girlfriend he waits for at all, as Occams Harmony says. He is asking the sun to come back. And I understand Josh, and I agree. Beautiful song.
    Farehoffon July 18, 2022   Link

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