REMEMBER I'M ALREADY HOME

You say love is what you put into it

You say that I'm losing my will

Don't you know you are all that I think about

You make up a half of the whole

You say that it's hard to commit to it

You say that it's hard standing still

Don't you know that I spend all my nights

Counting backwards the days till I'm home

If only New York wasn't so far away

I promise this city won't get in our way

When you're scared and alone

Just know that I'm already home

I say we're right in the heart of it

A love only we understand

I will bend every light in this city

And make sure they're shining on you

When life takes its own course

Sometimes we just don't get to choose

I'd rather be there next to you

Promise you'll wait for me, wait for me

Wait till I'm home...

All I have is this feeling inside of me

The only thing I've ever known

If only New York wasn't so far away

I promise this city won't get in our way

When you're scared and alone

Just know that I'm already home

If only New York wasn't so far away

I will be there every step of the way

When you're scared and alone

Just know that I'm already home

Just know that I'm already home...

This is definitely the most underrated song by A Great Big World. I love this duo because they write the best lyrics that I can relate to at the moment. Songs like "Say Something", "I Don't Want To Love Somebody Else" and this one here, right now is my favourite - "Already Home".

I know it is about a long distance relationship, which I don't have but because I am travelling so much more now, a song about wanting to be home really resonate my thoughts. Of course, I would dedicate it to my family and friends and person that I really love because that is how I feel about them, when I miss them all while I am away.

I agree with the opening line "You say love is what you put into it". Love is a sacrifice, it is how much effort you want to put into sustaining it. It saddens me that in today's day and age, people take relationships so casually. There is no such thing as commitment anymore and it sucks for me. I guess I am those old school people who would take relationship so seriously that if I wasn't sure of it, I wouldn't even bother getting into it. Dates for me should be fun dinners, movies and not hotel rooms. And for me, love is a lot of effort and that's probably why I never want to get to it - I am generally still quite lazy.

When life takes its own course, sometimes we don't get to choose

And I think it is true because it is all about fate and destiny. And sometimes, our life brings us to different paths and we lose touch. But if we put effort into loving someone, yeah, it will work. This too apply to family and friends - you got to invest time to love and care and it takes effort to make them all feel appreciated and loved. And sometimes I don't think that my family and friends know how much I think of them. I wish they knew.

And as distance brings us apart, I wish they knew that whenever I am away, I hope that they know how much time I spend thinking about them. The things I do, the things I see, will remind me of them. I always laugh and smile to myself and people think I am nuts, but truth is, I am smiling at those wonderful memories I am reminiscing through the eyes. People don't get it, and I don't care, I am just happy in my own mind you know.

There are so many people that mean so much to me, that I love in so many different ways. And this song reminds me about them all.