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Thread #9951   Message #2331715
Posted By: GUEST
02-May-08 - 10:00 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Homeward Bound (Marta Keen)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Homeward Bound (Marta King)
This version of the song makes me cry every time I hear it.

Last summer, a dear friend and SBO at my high school died suddenly in a car accident. It was so unexpected, and it hit the school hard, for he was such a good person that had just graduated from high school, and had a bright future, but he is in a better place.

This song was sung at his funeral, and we knew it was the song he wanted to be sung. The second verse was particular powerful. "If you find it's me you're missing, if you're hoping I'll return, to your thoughts I'll soon be listening, in the road I'll stop and turn. Then the wind will set me racing, as my journey nears its end," then, "Set me free to find my calling, and I'll return to you somehow." It is so beautiful, and meant a lot to me when I was struggling.