Home For Me

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Lyrics

Verse 1

Eyru I’ve been looking for you,

Walking all the night through,

If you were home all along,

Why can’t I hear your song?

Verse 2

I never saw us arise,

The light never looked in my eyes,

Eyru was a home I never knew,

Darling, how about you?

Chorus

If you’ll be home for me,

Then I’ll be home for you,

We’ll make a light the dark can’t take,

No matter what we lose.

If you’ll be home for me,

Then I’ll be home for you,

Whatever we go through—

We’ve never known a truer home,

Than me and you.

Verse 3

That light, it sat and sang

A melody born of flame,

They say it watched the first ones stand—

But it doesn’t know our names.

Bridge

The creation light falls on us,

But it doesn’t know our face.

It doesn’t turn when we fall behind,

But you do when I call your name.

Final Chorus

If you’ll be home for me,

Then I’ll be home for you,

Not a place the world remembers—

Just a promise we’ll hold true.

Let the old light fade behind us,

Let the long road wander through—

I’ve never known a truer home

Than the home I feel with you.

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The Story

Home For Me is an original song from the TrueDark Rising world. It belongs to the Wandering -- but unlike other songs of that era, it does not look backward toward Eyru or forward toward the next Keeper. It looks sideways, at the person walking beside you.

The song begins as a prayer -- Eyru, I've been looking for you, walking all the night through. But it shifts into something more personal, more present. The creation light falls on us, but it doesn't know our face. It doesn't turn when we fall behind. But you do, when I call your name. The chorus makes the quiet declaration that redefines home: if you'll be home for me, then I'll be home for you. Not a place the world remembers -- just a promise held true.

The final chorus lets go of what was lost and holds to what remains. Let the old light fade behind us. Let the long road wander through. I've never known a truer home than the home I feel with you. Home For Me remembers that even when Eyru's light cannot be reached, the Kinsfolk found light in each other.

Like all songs of this world, it serves as memory. It is meant to be sung between two people, and understood fully only in hindsight.