Story Behind The Song

It's hard to go back to a home town after being away a long time as places and people change. A story of lost love and regret.

Song Description

Returning to his home town for a funeral for the first time in many years, the singer sees a former love and realises that he cannot turn back the clock.

Lyrics

I didn't recognise the place getting off at platform two
Journeys end where it all began and I said goodbye to you
I don't know where it all went wrong where the years have gone
But know that what we once had is a memory lingering on

Coming home to a place that's not the same
Coming home to find that we've all changed
Coming home but not really wanting to stay
Coming home is easy but the heart wants to run away

It takes such a sad time to bring us to this place again
Familiar faces older now our grief a mutual friend
How've you been? Just doing fine is all we have to say
Then through the crowd I see you and the years just drift away

Coming home to a place that's not the same
Coming home to find that we've all changed
Coming home but not really wanting to stay
Coming home is easy but the heart wants to run away

My heart beats faster as you smile and I hear your voice again
Then you introduce your husband and daughter now aged ten
There's that moment when I wish that I'd not been such a fool
Farewell means not going back should be the golden rule

Coming home to a place that's not the same
Coming home to find that we've all changed
Coming home but not really wanting to stay
Coming home is easy but the heart wants to run away