Friday, February 21, 2014

`Home, by Philip Phillips


Hold on, to me as we go
As we roll down this unfamiliar road
And although this wave (wave) is stringing us along
Just know you're not alone
Cause I'm gonna make this place your home 
Settle down, it'll all be clear
Don't pay no mind to the demons
They fill you with fear
The trouble it might drag you down
You get lost, you can always be found 
Just know you're not alone
Cause I'm gonna make this place your home 
Ooo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo. Oo-oo-oo-oo [x2]
Aaa-aa-aa-aa-aa-aa-aa. Aa-aa-aa-aaaaaa [x4] 
Settle down, it'll all be clear
Don't pay no mind to the demons
They fill you with fear
The trouble it might drag you down
If you get lost, you can always be found 
Just know you're not alone
Cause I'm gonna make this place your home 
Ooo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo. Ao-oo-oo-oo [x4]
Aaa-aa-aa-aa-aa-aa-aa. Aa-aa-aa-aaaaaa [x4]
Home, by Philip Phillips.

I first head of `Home, as a soundtrack in American Family Insurance commercials.  It was so evocative that I had to track it down.  I don't remember how I did, but I did.

I have a firm sense of self and place, and I have had the fortune and pleasure of having traveled around the world.  My formal profile on LinkedIn speaks to this:

I was born in Manila, grew up in Chicago, lived in Dubai, and crisscrossed continents in between. So ask me where home is, and I’ll tell you, “the world.”

So what I love about the lyrics of `Home isn't that I relate to its subject (i.e., "you").  Rather, I identify with its speaker (i.e., "I").  I can find you, and I can make wherever you are feel like home.

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