Lyrics for Home as interpreted by _hideandseek

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Home
Home
Home
Take me home

Just do it right
Make it perfect and real
Because it's everything
No everything was never the deal

So grab your things and stumble into the night
So we can shut the door
Oh, shut the door on terrible times

Yeah, do it right
And head again into space
So you can carry on
And carry on, and fall all over the place

This is the trick, forget a terrible year
That we can break the laws
Until it gets weird

And this is what you waited for
But under lights, we're all unsure
So tell me
What would make you feel better?

As night has such a local ring
And love and rock are pick-up things
And you know it
Yeah, you know it
Yeah, you know

Take

Forget your past
This is your last chance now
And we can break the rules
Like nothing will last

You might forget
Forget the sound of a voice
Still you should not forget
Yeah, don't forget
The things that we laughed about

And after rolling on the floor
And thankfully, a few make sure that you get home
And you stay home
And you better

'Cause you're afraid of what you need
Yeah, you're afraid of what you need
If you weren't, yeah you weren't
Then I don't know what we'd talk about

Yeah no one ever knows what you're talking about
So i guess you're already there
No one opens up when you scream and shout
But it's time to make a couple things clear

If you're afraid of what you need
If you're afraid of what you need
Look around you, you're surrounded
It won't get any better

Until the night
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"Home" as written by James Jeremiah Murphy
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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colincsl
04-15-2010

 Rated  +1 
This album is fantastic

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FoWickman
04-18-2010

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I guess This Must Be The Place.

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ach105
04-25-2010

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I agree.. Amazing album, constant repeat on repeat. This has to be my new favorite.

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tawantinsuyu
04-29-2010

 Rated  +1 
This album is like every awesome party I've ever been to, packed into an hour or so. And of course this is how I feel when I'm trying to get home after some sort of shenanigans. Brilliant.

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Blacksap
04-30-2010

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The music is very similar to This Must Be the Palace, but the lyrics are talking about a relationship that didn't work.

You're afraid of what you need

This one is ending, i think it is about a guy that really fell for this girl and she's afraid of committing.

it's like the girl has some trouble with past relationships and he offers her an open relationship.

Forget your past

This is your last chance now
And we can break the rules
Like nothing will last


If you're afraid of what you need
If you're afraid of what you need
Look around you, you're surrounded
It won't get any better

Until the night

i think this means he's showing how great things are between them and that she should realize that.

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ripelivejam
05-10-2010

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not much to add on meaning but this song is an absolute gem. that is all.

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Animaniac
05-17-2010

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This is perfect.

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ryanig190886
05-31-2010

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I think its plainly and simply about sex/lust. Being taken home...

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Johnde08
06-27-2010

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"You're afraid of what you need"

sounds like addiction. which fits with "a few make sure you get home"

but there are enough lines that don't quite fit with the idea, so it likely has multiple implications

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banov
08-15-2010

 Rated  +2 
To me, this song sums up all your varied experiences with friends--the bad, when you "shut the door on terrible times," and the good when you're "rolling on the floor" (laughing). But no matter whether the times you had were great or awful, the constant is that you always come home.

I just graduated from high school this year and I considered this my "graduation song," listening to it on my drive home from graduation and on the drive home after every night I saw my friends for what could be the last time before they shipped off to college. Some lines felt really poignant from that angle.

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fsuj25
09-30-2010

 Rated  +3 
i think this song's about coming to the realization that home is not what you think it was. Home being you, what you're comfortable with, what you want to do. I think the entire album is about growing older, transitioning from the never-ending party of your 20s to your 30s, where partying every night may not really be what you want to do. so the whole album's about trying to find your place again.
cool stuff, awesome song. it's a toss up between this one and dance yrself clean for best song on the album

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killertomatoes
10-07-2010

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"Home is where I want to be
But I guess I'm already there"
--from This Must Be the Place

This song is like a the [modern-day] answer to David Byrne's [only] love song. The the speaker and the subject are in love, but the subject is unsatisfied. I think the song is meant to depict the complicated mix of emotions involved in love, whereas Byrne's vision of being there (home) was rather myopic. You can be there and still be apprehensive. One may call it "settling," but I think it's more about readjusting our unrealistic, overly simplified expectations about the complexity of love (and life--I do feel this theme is also intended to apply more generally to the confusion and complexity of being human and trying to relate to others but still feeling alone).

The last line ("until the night") is especially indicative of the premise that life and love are only simple and easy in one's dreams.



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SuicidalWalrus
10-08-2010

 Rated  +2 
The meaning is clear. More importantly than the meaning is how badass this song is. I give it a 6 out of 5.

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ShirlzCurlz85
10-18-2010

 Rated  +1 
this song is about life in general..friends, love, mistakes, drugs/alcohol.. making the best of what we have in our life.. it says it in the last line..

If you're afraid of what you need
If you're afraid of what you need
Look around you, you're surrounded
It won't get any better

not to look at it in a negative way..but to realize that what we have been offereed in this life is beautiful..and to make the best of it.. :]
this was the song of the year for me and a couple friends..well exfriends now.. i hope that one day 'you' and i can come together again.. i miss you. 'Home' <3

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mbagely
02-24-2011

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The last line is 'So goodnight'

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wickeand000
03-24-2011

 Rated  +2 
I think this song is about LCD's breakup/retirement. In the music video the robot is the band. They know that they should move on (for whatever reason,) but they know they'll regret it. (afraid of what you need.)

Staying together won't solve anything because even though it's fun partying and being a band and having everyone fawning over you, inevitably the whole experience just becomes dirty and unattractive. they feel like they have a connection with their audience, but no one can actually have a relationship with a crowd of people. (Yeah no one ever knows what you're talking about, so i guess you're already there. No one opens up when you scream and shout)

It's time to move on. It is also fitting that this is the last track of the last album.

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seant203
05-11-2011

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if i were to ever become a dj at a club or something, i would obviously close the night with this. its the Closing Time for electronic music, not to mention that its a much better song than Closing Time

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delirium01
05-31-2011

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Hmm, I always thought it was "And love and rock are fickle things." That sounds more correct to me than "pick up things," which makes no sense.

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weallshouldknow
12-21-2011

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I think this one is just about being comfortable... Maybe being stuck in a rut or something. Like your habits have taken over your goals? And you see that it's happening to you, but you plan on breaking free of it, and becoming what you want.

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Arthos
03-17-2012

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Yeah, I guess if you watch the video this song becomes clearer. Its a goodbye song from the band that portrays the evolution of the breakup and explains why they took the decision of "going home" in the peak of success. How being a successful band demanded their complete devotion to please the audience and give a perfect show everytime, as well as the constant touring and excesses inherent to being a rockstar that was causing internal destruction as well as their disintegration as human beings and band. They all wanted what lcd soundsystem gave them, but the price was everything, and you know, everything was never the deal. I think that most of this song however, actually talks about the band´s discussion of breaking apart, they are unsure if they actually need the lcd soundsystem rockstar lifestyle, i mean in the end it is a musicians dream to have made it like they did, and they are actually unsure if this is a necessity for them, and if they actually need it, it is going to be very difficult to give it up, but what they do know is that they actually fear the lifestyle´s side effects and the internal destruction it brings. So the question is: are you afraid of what you need? because if you do, well it is a big issue and it is going to tear you apart. So they say ok, this is our last chance now, are we going to leave this all behind or not, do you want this life and the sacrifices required, being lcd soundsystem gives us the advantage of breaking the rules until it gets weird or like nothing will last, and all of that will be gone. Whatever the decision is, they have to make things clear, either they go home and finish this or they have to make peace with themselves and accept the sacrifices. They are trying to convince themselves of not fearing what they need saying look around you, were surrounded, and it wont get any better. In the video it is better explained...

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