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A long way home song12/23/2023 After all, the title is “Long, Long Way From Home,” which highlights the main character's inability and desire to travel home. Looking back on what I said, I find it, with all due respect to people that interpret the song this way, highly illogical to feel as if the author intended this as the meaning for the song. Though he wishes to turn back, the character mentions that “it’s what we need to do.” Could this reference G-d setting the man out with a purpose? Lou Gramm didn’t become a Christian until nearly two decades after this song was released, so I doubt that this was intentional. Chronicles of a Diamond, the long-awaited sophomore full-length from Black Pumas, is one of NPR Musics picks for the best albums out on Oct. As he travels further and further from home, he grows increasingly homesick. The song was track one of side two of the groups 1979 album, Breakfast in America, it peaked at 1 (for 5 weeks) on May 13th, 1979 on Billboards Top 200. I believe that this song talks about a man who sets out on a mission to fulfill his true destiny. However, I interpret this song entirely differently. When most people hear this song for the first time, they may think that it alludes to the author warning of an upcoming Zombie apocalypse. After looking back on the book, it appears as if this song acts as a summary for it. In it, the “Party,” composed of a dictator, Big Brother, rules and controls the mind of everyone in the nation. One of my favorite books of all time is “1984” by George Orwell. Though he wishes to turn back, the character mentions that “it’s what we need to do.” Could this reference G-d setting the man out with a purpose? Lou Gramm didn’t become a Christian until nearly two decades after this song was released, so I doubt that this was intentional. As he travels further and further from home, he grows increasingly homesick. In it, the “Party,” composed of a dictator, Big Brother, rules and controls the mind of everyone in the nation. Chorus Youre never really lost if you never stop looking You gotta keep moving if your hearts on fire Love is gonna find a way to find you wherever you go, oh-oh, oh When the clouds get dark.
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