Anti-Music Magazine Singles Out "Come Home"

"Come Home" is about a person whose partner has left, in the barest sense of the word. Without a trace. Ranch life goes on, no matter who gets left behind. The work, the animals, the crops, the weather. But the loneliness goes on as well, and it makes us hard.

The song asks listeners to be patient. At first, we are inside the routine of a life that has to keep going, even after someone disappears from it. It isn't until the chorus that we understand what has happened, and what the speaker is finally willing to say:

"I know you had your reasons for packing up and leaving,Can't divine the stars from their courses. But I can write a letter,And say 'Baby, won't you please come home?'"

Read the full article on Anti-Music.