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House by the Sea Lyrics
They say home is the place where your heart is
Then I am home now, though I am far away
For so long I've let the forest guard it
And now it's begging me to stay
And I'm trying my best to be tough
To pretend I am strong and can siphon it off
But I'm not who I wanted to be
In my heart I belong in a house by the sea
They say home is a place where you're needed
Then I am home now, but I am leaving
To feel my feet being kissed by the seaweed
And I will be silent and kiss it back
This is not who I want you to see
It's just adding on weight to the darkness in me
And from the little I have understood
I believe that a house by the sea would do good
They say home is a place you can choose to be
And I've decided to carry home inside me
So it's not really as if I am leaving
It's more like something pulling me
Because behind everything that I do
I just want to forget, want to carry this through
Fill my lungs with the sweet summer air
In my heart, in my mind I am already there
Yeah behind everything that I do
I just want to come home and lay down beside you
And then I'll be who I wanted to be
In my heart I belong in a house by the sea
Then I am home now, though I am far away
For so long I've let the forest guard it
And now it's begging me to stay
And I'm trying my best to be tough
To pretend I am strong and can siphon it off
But I'm not who I wanted to be
In my heart I belong in a house by the sea
Then I am home now, but I am leaving
To feel my feet being kissed by the seaweed
And I will be silent and kiss it back
This is not who I want you to see
It's just adding on weight to the darkness in me
And from the little I have understood
I believe that a house by the sea would do good
And I've decided to carry home inside me
So it's not really as if I am leaving
It's more like something pulling me
Because behind everything that I do
I just want to forget, want to carry this through
Fill my lungs with the sweet summer air
In my heart, in my mind I am already there
I just want to come home and lay down beside you
And then I'll be who I wanted to be
In my heart I belong in a house by the sea
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"They say home is the place where your heart is Then I am home now, though I am far away"
I am where I want to be(by the sea), but I am far away from you
verse 1 "And I'm trying my best to be tough To pretend I am strong and can siphon it off But I'm not who I wanted to be"
Verse 4 "I just want to come home and lay down beside you And then I'll be who I wanted to be"
I think he implies that what he wants to be is just coming home and being with her, laying down beside her. He also tries to be strong(tough) and siphon it off, but then he isn't what he wanted to be.
"They say home is a place where you're needed Then I am home now, but I am leaving"
He implies that assuming what they say is true, she needs him; therefore, he is at home. But he is leaving to be with the seaweed. He adds that he doesn't want her to see him like this, not being able to resist his dream of living in a house by the sea. He adds that this situation just adds on his darkness(stress?), putting him into a situation where it is hard to decide. He claims although he understands very less, he thinks a house by the sea would be good.
I personally correlate with this song a lot. I have distant relationship and that I just want to go home and lay beside him, but I can't just leave this place that I am living since it was my childhood dream to live here. Therefore, it is a pretty sad song in my opinion.