All the Way Home
J. Smetana

I was older then, more than a child…you were my solitary friend
Innocent, and just for a while I could be taken for a ride
No one told me why I had to leave, I had to spread my wings and fly
What it is, is it a lie... is it a long and lonely ride?

All the way home, take you all the way home

What’s your name? Where are you now?
No where to run, no where to hide
I can’t live, but I’ve got to try
For I have been broken deep inside

All the way home, take you all the way home

You never listen to me until you see me crying
Still not the man I could be
It’s your fault but it’s my life

Here I am, feet on the ground head in the clouds
I don’t know why
What it is, it’s not a lie...
It’s just a long and lonely ride

All the way home, take you all the way home

*All The Way Home- "I have to tell you, this is a strange lyric in the sense I have no direct experience with the subject, but I feel like it really does a good job relating the story of a child-abuse survivor. I don’t get many people telling me they figured it out that way, but that’s what it’s about. At the time, I was getting really upset with the whole priest child molestation thing. What got to me most was how distraught and emotionally burdened these adult survivors were. It was like they were trapped in those moments and couldn’t get past it until these people were called to account for what they had done. How could someone violate the trust and faith of a child? The song is one of healing. Being home, that’s like a place of peace and replenishment. If someone has to go back and right their soul, they have to go back home, the place where it all began. Once that home is cleaned up, then they can finally be at rest. The line "Still not the man I could be, it’s your fault but it’s my life...", that is the point at which the victim expresses their desire to regain their identity even though they can’t undo what has happened. It’s a more complex issue than one song can address, but it just came out that way. Production wise it really rocks and translates the emotional content. I think it sounds angry, but also fragile in the middle section."-Jeff