This song is about a soldier in a war.....
Legend explained: "I don't have any personal experience, but I imagined what it would be like to be away from your wife, girlfriend, boyfriend, whatever, and not knowing if you'll make it home and could die at any point. And knowing that America is perpetually at war with somebody, either planning it or debating it." (--Rolling Stone mag--)
Once Again was released on October 24th of 2006. It is produced by Raphael Saadiq, Kanye West, and Will.I.Am. The "Coming Home" itself is produced by Black Eyed Peas front man/producer Will Adams/Will.I.Am)
Rolling Stone
1/2 [Once Again] blends lush, elegant band arrangements with stylish synth parts and cool samples. Jonathan Ringen
Billboard
[Legend] makes room for his adulterous guilty pleasures ("Again") alongside whistle-worthy numbers ("Maxine") and '70s-style grooves ("Slow Dance") that ooze sophisticated charm. Clover Hope
Los Angeles Times
1/2 Legend pinpoints where soul's vulnerability meets hip-hop's self-sustaining bragadoccio -- where the lover and the fighter become one complex character. Exploring that juncture with elegance and passion on "Once Again," he moves through "neo-retro" soul's clichés to flesh out his own vision of love, loss and happiness. Ann Powers
San Francisco Chronicle
The Ohio-born crooner's simple, often lilting love songs seep so much sincerity, and his low-tenor tones radiate such warmth that he's almost certain to capture the broader pop audience he seems to be targeting. Lee Hildebrand
Review of the Album:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/23/AR2006102301289.htmlThanks to my dear friend that remind me again to John Legend, then I found this song; love the music and enjoy the lyric....remind me to:
- the wars that''ve been happen around us; the people there....
- people who are away from their home, family, and the love one(s) ....
'----sighhhhh------' ; that's all I can say.....Enjoy the song!!
-Coming Home-
A father waits upon a son
A mother prays for his return
I just called to see
If you still have a place for me
We know that like took us apart
But you're still within my heart
I go to sleep and feel your spirit next to me
I'll make it home again
I pray you'll fall in love again
Just say you'll entertain the possibility
I learned enough from my mistakes
Learned from all I didn't say
Won't you wait for me
It may be long to get me there
It feels like I've been everywhere
But someday I'll be coming home
Round and round the world will spin
Oh, the circle never ends
So you know that I'll be coming home
We fight to stay alive
But somebody's got to die
It's so strange to me
A new year, a new enemy
Another soldier gone to war
Another story told before
Now it's told again
It seems the wars will never end
But we'll make it home again
Back where we belong again
We're holding on to when
We used to dare to dream
We pray we live to see
Another day in history
Yes we still believe
It may be long to get me there
It feels like I've been everywhere
But someday I'll be coming home
Round and round the world will spin
Oh, the circle never ends
So you know that I'll be coming home
I'm coming, I'm coming, I'm coming…
You know that I'll be coming home
It may be long to get me there
It feels like I've been everywhere
But someday I'll be coming home
Round and round the world will spin
Oh, the circle never ends
So you know that I'll be coming home
(http://www.absolutelyrics.com/lyrics/view/john_legend/coming_home/)
