Story Behind The Song
As a long-time traveler, I was standing out on the dock in Key West, looking at the moonlight on the water, and wishing I could walk on the path it made and go home to my family.
Song Description
A song about longing for home.
| Song Length |
2:53 |
Genre |
Pop - Easy Listening, Folk - Contemporary |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
| Mood |
Poignant, Moving |
Subject |
Loneliness, Hope |
| Similar Artists |
Sarah Mclachlan, Tim Mcgraw |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Once upon the rolling seas a captain smelled the evening breeze
He stopped and he sighed
He felt the ache that travelers know gazing at the moonlight's glow
With home in his eye
How he longed to say out loud "Head us towards that beacon in the sky"
CHORUS
For home, we'll sail for home
We can rest, we're sailing home
Today it seems we're all that kind who burn their bridges right behind
We go far away
One place we were born and bred, another's where we lay our head
We change day to day
But every now and then we stop and fill our hearts with longing just to say
CHORUS
BRIDGE
And it's a hard, crazy lesson to learn
We struggle and we move up and rush to take our turn
Only to look back and yearn
One day time will trim our sails, we'll catch the homeward blowin' gales
We're there by and by
And loved ones that have gone before will stand there waving at the shore
We'll smile and we'll cry
The lights are shining at the inn, we'll move into the harbor warm and dry
CHORUS
LAST CHORUS
For home, we'll sail for home
Set a course, we're sailing home