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Home (Naive Melody)

Home, is where I want to be, pick me up and turn me round

The writer seems to be longing for an eternal home, a peaceful place, solitude and peace, familiarity and comfort.

The hearth and the heart… or maybe he just wants to land on his comfy couch and crack open a cold one.

I feel numb, burn with a weak heart, I guess I must be having fun…

The writer seems to be resigning himself to life as it is.

The less we say about it the better, make it up as we go along…

… there seems to have been a conflict, but that things can be patched together by pressing on.

Feet on the ground, head in the sky, it’s okay, I know nothing’s wrong… nothing…

Everything is in working order, yeah, that’s it, working…

And later in the song…

Out of all those kinds of people, you got a face with a view…

Beautiful, he is transported when he looks into her eyes.

When he says, “I’m just an animal, looking for a home“…

Animals are noble creatures, and the singer seems to be humbling himself which is laudable, as long as he does not debase himself.

But I think he’s just expressing the human condition…

Love me till my heart stops love me till I’m dead…

Sounds like romantic passion and also marital companionship and even just pure acceptance; awesome lyric

These are just a few random thoughts I had about this song today.

I LOVE the Talking Heads

Stop Making Sense movie version

Songwriters: David Byrne / Tina Weymouth / Jerry Harrison / Christopher Frantz