Story Behind the Song
Come Back was written about my life at the time. I felt I was losing myself and what I believed in. I was also unhappy that I was turned down for a date and soaked it up with alcohol. As I read the song years later it became clear that the song also entailed losing my father at age 15. Come back took on a dual meaning.
Lyrics
I try to come to grips with this stranglehold I keep on my lips. I’ve been told it’s ok, just close your eyes, it goes away. I fool myself I’m strong enough, but then I get going when the going gets rough. Come back, come back. Take a dose of real life. Come back, come back from where your soul resides. I didn’t get a chance to say goodbye. Antidotes for pain float down to the bottom of a glass. Seductive and spinning round, I know this time will pass, I fool myself. I could I would, but I always get going when the gettin’ is good. Come back, come back. Take a dose of real life. Come back, come back from where your soul resides. I didn’t get a chance to say goodbye. A tightened fist readies and strikes, an unsuspecting wall. This taunting humor bites, and no one, no one laughs at all. Come back, come back. Take a dose of real life. Come back, come back from where your soul resides. I didn’t get a chance to say goodbye.
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