Emily Barker's video: Emily Barker ft Frank Turner - Bound For Home Official video

'Bound For Home' was written with my friend, Frank Turner, on a day I was feeling particularly homesick. Frank is a huge Clive James fan and he read me James’s stunning poem ‘Leçons De Ténèbres’. I learned that day that Clive, based in the UK for decades, had become too ill to make the journey back to Australia. His memories of growing up in the suburbs of Sydney became the muse for so much of his work. He was as fascinated with how we remember, as much as with the memories themselves. As Frank and I worked on the song, it emerged that a conversation was occurring between Clive and I. I was thinking about my childhood home, asking my tidal question of whether or not it was time to return, and reflecting on Clive’s lack of choice on the matter. As well as Frank lending his voice to our song with some beautiful harmonies, the song also features some great guitar playing (Nashville-tuning) and bowed double bass by Lukas Drinkwater. ==== LYRICS ===== Bound For Home By Emily Barker and Frank Turner Someone told me lately time is killing you Me I’m killing time till I find something to make me follow through On the decisions and revisions of a life lived in the margins Like notations of a plan I’m working on Homeward bound, you won’t be homeward bound anymore Bound for home, I should be bound for home but I’m not sure Where does that leave me? Arguing with unreliable memories You always sound so sure when you recall how it used to be All the things you left behind, the perfect pictures in your mind Now you no longer get to see if they’re still true Homeward bound, you won’t be homeward bound anymore Bound for home, I should be bound for home but I’m not sure If I dig deep down through the cold, cold ground I would find myself back in my hometown Singing farewell songs as the sun goes down And reckon all the wrongs back into rhyme Lessons gifted to us all by vanished time Homeward bound, though you’re not homeward bound anymore Bound for home, I am bound for home I’m pretty sure Bound for home, turning bound for home to make amends Bound for home, we’re all bound for home in the end ========================================= The new album "A Dark Murmuration of Words" is out now - https://smarturl.it/eb-words ========================================= Stay in touch: Sign up to my newsletter: https://smarturl.it/eb-Newsletter https://emilybarker.com https://facebook.com/emilybarkerhalo https://twitter.com/emilybarkerhalo https://instagram.com/emilybarkerhalo Subscribe to this channel for more videos: https://smarturl.it/halo-youtube