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I have not been home since you left long ago
I'm thumbing my way back to heaven
Counting steps walking backwards on the road
I'm counting my way back to heaven
I can't be free with what's locked inside of me
If there was a key you took it in your hand
There's no wrong or right, but I'm sure there's good and bad
The questions linger overhead
No matter how cold the winter there's a springtime ahead
I'm thumbing my way back to heaven
I wish that i could hold you, I wish that I had
thinking 'bout heaven
I let go of the rope thinking that's what held me back
And in time i've realized, it's now wrapped around my neck
I can't see what's next from this lonely overpass
Hang my head and count my steps, as another car goes past
All the rusted signs we ignore throughout our lives
Choosing the shiny ones instead
I turned my back, now there's no turning back
No matter how cold the winter there's a springtime ahead
I smile but who am I kidding?
I'm just walking the miles, every once in a while get a ride
Thumbing my way back to heaven
I'm thumbing my way back to heaven
Counting steps walking backwards on the road
I'm counting my way back to heaven
I can't be free with what's locked inside of me
If there was a key you took it in your hand
There's no wrong or right, but I'm sure there's good and bad
The questions linger overhead
No matter how cold the winter there's a springtime ahead
I'm thumbing my way back to heaven
I wish that i could hold you, I wish that I had
thinking 'bout heaven
I let go of the rope thinking that's what held me back
And in time i've realized, it's now wrapped around my neck
I can't see what's next from this lonely overpass
Hang my head and count my steps, as another car goes past
All the rusted signs we ignore throughout our lives
Choosing the shiny ones instead
I turned my back, now there's no turning back
No matter how cold the winter there's a springtime ahead
I smile but who am I kidding?
I'm just walking the miles, every once in a while get a ride
Thumbing my way back to heaven
Lyrics submitted by Stephen_Flow, edited by afootprint
Track duration: 04:23
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There is hope. Even the worst times end.
("Thumbing" is a reference to hitch-hiking, not guitar playing.)
To simply lock inside you what you feel, hoping that it will go away, is not an option. Nor does it do justice even to the memory of the one of whom you so recurringly think. You can never be free that way; you smile sometimes, but who are you kidding? Sometimes in our haste to be "true" and "honest," all we end up doing is lying to ourselves, and living a lie. Maybe it is because we foresaw the temporary "rust" of problems that would be encountered if we were to opt for the path urged by our hearts, and found it easier to choose the "shiny" facade of something outwardly more stable-looking -- but devoid of substance in reality.
The song also illustrates so well the emptiness, aimlessness, and regret that take such strong hold in the aftermath of a loved one's departure. "I wish I could hold you, I wish that I had" kills me. It is not that you never held her, it is that perhaps if you had held on more forcefully, you would not now feel like a hitcher scruggling to get where you need to be.
What was the reason of his split up with Beth? This song was already written in 2000... I know it's not a gossip column, but I've heard from meny people that it was because his new, presnt girlfriend... You don't have to answer,I know it's a stupid question.
And the song... It's about finding your place in the world, about leaving somebody that you loved, somebody who was your life. It's about losing a friend, and now living on your own. "There's no easy way to be free".