HANNA BARAKAT

Lyrics

WANTING TO GO HOME

I’m being pulled inside
Beneath this skin
Under my surface
Spread in every direction
Here as I stand
Wanting to go home

My soul sought
A land my eyes
Had never seen
My body’d never known
I was a nomad
Displaced I’d wandered
Through desert lands
Wanting to go home

And then I stepped into the valley, the land of my fathers
The soil knew my footprints; I would search no farther

I have felt peace
Now as I go I leave behind
A part of me
I’m separated
Now that I’ve known it
I can’t deny I must return
I feel this pull
Wanting to go home

Because I’ve stepped into the valley, the land of my fathers
The soil knew my footprints, I would search no farther

The world called me back out
and I followed it
It's been too long
and I need to rest
I know where to go
So take me back home

And now I step into the valley, the land of my fathers
The soil knows my footprints, I will search no farther
I am home…