Written in April/May 2015. Inspired by two things… One being the concept of someone who goes away to sea to earn money, but finds that by going away he has to travel further away to earn more money to be able to return home… by which point, he has travelled even further away, so needs to earn more… and it repeats and repeats until he’s travelled the worlds oceans to be reunited with his family. So, it means that much as you might be deep into a journey, the quickest way back to the one you love is to complete the journey and come out of the other side.
And the second one being a Norah Jones track… Which shall remain nameless.
One of my collaborators has done a sterling job in doing a cover of this track. Otherwise, it has been one of the tracks that I’ve not yet done anything with. There is a Suno-washed version of it as it sat in the ringbinder for long enough to it be put through in that first sift.
So, it is likely to be on Echoes Of Unmade Miles, some time in 2027.
Come Home Soon
Verse 1/
I could cross an angry sea
And leave my footprints far behind me
Fly over the ocean in skies so blue
I’d go anywhere just to be with you
Verse 2/
I think about you on the rising sea
And I know you’re always with me
While my working life always drags me away
Its only you that brings me home each day
Chorus/
No need to say a prayer tonight before you sleep
I’m not too big to miss you, our love is ocean deep
Keep me in your heart, you know I’ll be home soon
Write my name in the stars, I love you like the sun and the moon
Verse 3/
I will cross a tranquil sea
Counting all the miles between you and me
Got to go all round the world to get back to you
All the money and time cant bring me back too soon
Chorus/
Middle 8/
They can stretch this thing that binds us
But it’ll always bring me back to you
They’ll never break this thing that binds us
It’s the thread that always brings me back to you…
Chorus/solo
V4/
I have crossed the seven seas
Counted every footstep between you and me
Crossed every ocean, flown every sky so blue
Don’t want to be just anywhere
I want to be with you.
© Lyrics: Steve McCarthy-Hunt, 2015
