OneRepublic – Come Home

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  General Comment:To me this song is about a couple who are separated because one of them is in the military. Its about trying to make sense of a world that is almost impossible because everyone in this world judges one anther which causes war. Which is why we need a military. And basically its about missing that loved one you have over seas and being hopeful that the war ending, but "Until then" "Come home, Come home"

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  General Comment:I absolutely adore the lines,
  'The world ain't as half as bad
  As they paint it to be
  If all the sons
  If all the daughters
  Stopped to take it in
  Well hopefully the hate subsides and the love can begin'
  Saying that, I absolutely adore the whole song.
  But those few lines,they're about how us young people are too concerned with our own self-pity and hatred to see the good in the world. Now, I'm 13, so I think I'm allowed to say that. The most part of teenagers are such pessemists, it's actually sad to see. I hate it when adults say that about our generation, stero-type us into this huge neon-yellow file in the cabinet which reads, 'Selfish, Self-Pitying, Love-Struck Fools', but, to my dismay, it's true for the most part of my generation.

  Flag goodlifeeon October 25, 2012   Link

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    Keep your head high, if I may say so, you seem to be wise beyond your years.

    Flag erissielon December 07, 2012  
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  General Comment:This song is my life there's someone I've like for a long time (the fight for you is all I've known) I;m just wanting them to realize I am the one for them (they're in the wrong trying to make it right)
  
  This is not a sad song at all it is a plea tho.
  Reading thru the comments I could see where the war thing comes in to play. Hello world I'm sorry for being a butt and messing up such a pretty world. Please send our soldiers home yeah.
  I love this song.
  

  Flag lyricqueenon June 17, 2011   Link

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  General Comment:Hello... The obvious meaning of this song: It's about a couple who has broken up.. He's making a plea to the universe. She had some crap she had to deal with, "they're in the wrong place, trying to make it right", but both people are stubborn as crap,"there's a war between the vanities." "Vanity," in it's very definition means, "excessive pride." So he's basically saying that he misses her and is throwing in the towel, throwing away his pride and saying, "come home" to me. He was waiting for her to give in, but now he's saying, "I give up" I'm throwing away my pride, just "come home."

  Flag Nouvelle32on January 18, 2011   Link

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  General Comment:Everyone can see this song meaning something different. As previous people have stated the artist had the motivation of a loved one going to war. The thing that makes this song so amazing is the fact everyone can relate it to something in their lives. Me is a relationship that I messed up and regret every moment since. Trying to make things right hasnt worked and when he sings the fight for you is all I've ever known it really hit me, GREAT song!

  Flag JonnyC555on January 10, 2011   Link

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  Lyric Correction:The line currently noted as "They're in their own place trying to make it right," is actually "They're in the wrong place trying to make it right."
  
  I also love this song. I have played it back-to-back many times.

  Flag eolandraon October 11, 2010   Link

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  General Comment:This song is so beautiful. I like that some of the lines are just simple thoughts, but perfectly express what we go through when our hearts ache for our "better half."
  
  Hello world, hope you're listening
  Forgive me if I'm young
  Or speaking out of turn
  
  It just reminds me of someone lying in bed at night, trying to think clearly and understanding that they may be naive, but continuing on anyway. But when he says, "I think that they may be the better half of me," you know it's the love he's talking about is real.
  
  I get lost in all the beauty
  Of everything I see
  The world ain't half as bad
  As they paint it to be
  
  I love that line... it's so dreamy and true. With all the war and hate that's going on in the world, we sometimes don't realize the beauty around us, but love makes us notice the good things.
  
  I couldn't agree more with a lot of the comments people have made, but I do have a different interpretation of the chorus. I I understand how this was probably supposed to be about a person returning from war, but to me, "Come home" means something entirely different. I always thought "Come home" was like a request for her surrender, if that makes any sense. "Home" is him- she is his better half and he is hers- and by "Coming home" she is finally listening to what her heart is telling her. She belongs with him, not anyone else, and she knows this.

  Flag XxmadiexXon July 01, 2010   Link

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    I completely agree with your interpretation of the chorus. I'm actually going through something similar to this right now and when I listen to the song, although it can have different meanings, I think about a man just wanting the woman he loves to realize that they are meant to be and even though there are hard times and bad things going on, she just needs to "come home" to him. However someone interprets it, it's an amazing song no matter what (:

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  General Comment:The version with Sara Bareilles is amazing!

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  General Comment:I made an account so I could comment on this song.
  
  There's so much in this world that doesn't matter. What matters are human beings with pumping hearts and souls and our ability to love.
  
  "Right now there's a war between the vanities, but all I see is you and me. And the fight for you is all I've ever known."
  
  The world is cluttered with people fighting over things that don't matter. All I see are people stripped of these materials. I see what we have that other creatures and objects don't. This song apologizes for the innocence that allows the person to see this.
  
  This song can mean different things to different people and I think that's tremendous.
  
  For god's sake, can we just love each other? Let's fight for each other instead of land or materials or money. That stuff is nothing.
  
  All I see is you and me.

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  General Comment:Whoa!First I thought this song is about wanting a girl back,
  then I thought maybe there's another meaning about wanting to be a better person,
  cause one has fallen apart or got lost.
  "There's someone I've been missing
  I think that they could be
  The better half of me"
  So I just feel it that way.
  And now I know the ultimate meaning dedicating to those at war, what a song! No wonder there's such a complicated sadness in the song. The song has three-layer meaning to me now.
  Definitely will love it till the end.
  I can't help loving songs about war and peace with beautiful melodies.

  Flag ycmmduzkon April 08, 2010   Link

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