Travel Songs

It's good to be home. All this longing and pining to be away, only to find myself at peace when I return here to home. Perhaps that's one of the lessons I've learned...to be at peace where I am, Thessaloniki or Savannah. I also learned to cherish my CD player. All those kids with their iPods don't know what they're missing. I'll stay old school until I can afford one. But several songs were very special to me as I travelled home for 32 hours straight. Perhaps you've heard them before. Appreciate the words that spoke my hearts deepest thoughts.

Long, Long Journey
by Enya

City lights shine on the harbour,
Night has fallen down,
Through the darkness
And the shadowI will still go on.

Long, long journey
Through the darkness,
Long, long way to go;
But what are miles
Across the ocean
To the heart that's coming home?

Where the road
Runs through the valley,
Where the river flows,
I will follow every highway
To the place I know.

Long, long journey
Through the darkness,
Long, long way to go;
But what are miles
Across the ocean
To the heart that's coming home?
Long, long journey
Out of nowhere
Long, long way to go
But what are sighs
And what is sadness
To the heart that's coming home?

Fix You
by Coldplay

When you try your best, but you don't succeed
When you get what you want, but not what you need
When you feel so tired, but you can't sleep
Stuck in reverse

When the tears come streaming down your face
When you lose something you can't replace
When you love someone, but it goes to waste
Could it be worse?

Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you

High up above or down below
When you're too in love to let it go
If you never try you'll never know
Just what you're worth

Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you

Tears stream down your face
When you lose something you cannot replace
Tears stream down your face
And I...
Tears stream down on your face
I promise you I will learn from the mistakes
Tears stream down your face
And I...
Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you

So many emotions overtake the traveller who knows that they have changed so much, experienced so much...and wonder if home is ready for them to come back. I would stay if things were different. If my family and friends could come visit. If things hadn't happened the way they had for the past week to make me yearn so hard for home. I must leave my sadness behind. I'm going home. I have learned of love and abandonment, not romantically, but in a friendship. And I have cried, but I will learn from my choices and hers. And lights have guided me home.