Song Description

"Back Where I Belong" is a story I've carried for a long time -- not just my story, but the story of countless men and women who come home changed, only to find that home has changed too. It's about loss, resilience, and second chances. About watching someone you loved move on -- and learning to do the same, not out of bitterness, but out of quiet acceptance. It's about finding love not in fireworks or grand gestures, but in kindness, patience, and the soft light that leads you back to yourse

Lyrics

"Back Where I Belong"
Written and composed by Yves Stilmant © 2025
Verse 1A
Ten years gone, boots on foreign sand
Letters home and a wedding band
Faded photos in my vest
Of the girl I loved, the life I left
Verse 1 B
I came back to this old hometown
Same old streets, all turned around
Saw her face in the grocery line
With two kids hangin' to her side
Pre-Chorus
She smiled like time had never moved
Said, "You made it back -- that's good for you"
Chorus
But love don't always look the same
Sometimes it finds a different name
She moved on, she built her life
And I let go with tearful pride
I walked alone through nights so long
Until someone new came along
In a world I didn't know
She helped me find my way back home
Verse 2A
She saw the hurt I tried to hide
Said, "You don't have to wear that pride"
She touched my hand, then touched my soul
With kindness deep and heart so bold
Verse 2B
She wasn't looking for a fight
Just someone real, someone alive
And I was broken, but she knew
Sometimes the cracks let beauty through
Pre-Chorus
She didn't ask me for my past
Just stayed beside me 'til it passed
Chorus
'Cause love don't always look the same
Sometimes it comes with quiet flames
No fireworks, no long lost vows
Just steady hands that pull you out
She didn't fix what war had torn
She just showed me I was more
Than who I was, or what went wrong
She brought me back where I belong
Bridge
And in her eyes, I saw a light
That didn't judge but held me right
She gave me love I never knew
Simple, strong, and shining through
Final Chorus (Double)
Yeah, love don't always look the same
It writes new stories, changes names
She gave me hope, she gave me truth
And all I had to be was me
I lost the girl I thought I'd need
But gained a life I couldn't dream
In a world I thought had gone
She helped me find where I belong
Yeah, in a world I thought had gone
She helped me find where I belong
Outro
Back where I belong...
Yeah, back where I belong