In the case of this unique band, Depeche Mode, HOME is them, as we, followers, are inspired by and identified with their message and music, and maybe without them knowing, we are able to confirm our feelings and ideas, and give new meaning to our lives by taking different roads, trying new ways of expressing ourselves, not being afraid of what we may find on the way.
HOME is also Depeche Mode´s 33rd UK single, released on June 16, 1997, and belongs to the band´s album ULTRA. It´s a ballad of mesmerizing strings and, indeed, a fan favourite. The single version possesses an ambient intro. It was included in the setlist of the amazing Touring the Angel World Tour.
The video of HOME was not directed by Anton Corbijn, but by Steve Green. It shows an alien exploring an apartment complex.
Here is HOME´s original video.
HOME
Original video
And here is HOME´s lyrics:
HOME / Lyrics
Here´s a song from the wrong side of town
Where I´m bound to the ground by the loneliest sound
And it pounds from within and is pinning me down
Here is a page from the emptiest stage
A cage of the heaviest cross ever made
A gauge of the deadliest trap ever laid
And I thank you for bringing me here
For showing me home
For singing these tears
Finally I´ve found that I belong here
The heat and the sickliest sweet smelling sheets
that cling to the backs of my knees and my feet
Well I´m drowned in time to a desperate beat
And I thank you for bringing me here
For showing me home
For singing these tears
Finally I´ve found that I belong
Feels like home
I should have known
From my first breath
God send the only true friend I call mine
Pretend that I´ll make amends the next time
Befriend the glorious end of the line
And I thank you for bringing me here
For showing me home
For singing these tears
Finally I´ve found that I belong here.
