This was me working out if I wanted to stay or leave. It's a bittersweet song that expresses gratitude for the friends and experiences gained on my travels (even the ability to travel itself), while also acknowledging the difficultly and growth that occurs when you leave your home country.
The idea of home is something that I often think about. I've moved around a lot throughout my life, which can feel both freeing and unsettling at the same time.
lyrics
They say that home is where you make it
And I think I would agree
Where you can spill drinks on the carpet
And yell at the TV
But sometimes home is somewhere different
Than where you're wanting it to be
Sometimes its an anchor
And it's pulling back on me
To feel the ocean wind blowing
From the harbor to my face
Get a milkshake from Sweet Mother's
Or another happy place
Maybe I'm looking for the answer
Maybe I already know
Maybe I'm just running
But I still have to go
Oh, I still have to go
But I'm lucky to have friends
In so many different places
I'm lucky to have seen
All that I have seen
And I'm lucky for my heart
To be torn apart by seas
And I'm lucky to have called London home
I'm lucky to have called London home
I'm lucky to have called London home
I watch the lights along the river
When I'm walking home at night
No matter what I'm feeling
It makes it alright
I'm trying hard to deliver
What I was put here to do
But sometimes I'm a child
And I'm lost just like you
Oh, I'm lost just like you
But I'm lucky to have friends
In so many different places
I'm lucky to have seen
All that I have seen
And I'm lucky for my heart
To be torn apart by seas
And I'm lucky to have called London home
I'm lucky to have called London home
I'm lucky to have called London home
But I'm lucky to have friends
In so many different places
I'm lucky to have seen
All that I have seen
And I'm lucky for my heart
To be torn apart by seas
And I'm lucky to have called London home
I'm lucky to have called London home
I'm lucky to have called London home
credits
from After You Grow,
released April 29, 2020
Music and Lyrics - Matt Mulholland
Keys - Daniel Hayles
Drums - Lauren Ellis
Bass - Blain Fitzpatrick
Backing Vocals - Katie McCarthy-Burke
Guitars - Matt Mulholland
Lead Vocals - Matt Mulholland
Recorded and Mixed by James Goldsmith
Mastered by Randy Merrill
Produced by Matt Mulholland
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