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Home Michael Bublé // It's Time, 2005 //

I really hope you like it.

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I'm really sorry, but the official video (on YouTube) was blocked, and I wasn't able to find another web page with the same video quality. you can click on this link to watch the official video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbSOLBMUvIE

What am I going to talk about?
 * **Choice of song**
 * **Story: analysis by parts**
 * **Where is he?**
 * **His thoughts**
 * **Lucky?**
 * **Regrets**
 * **Final decision**



My Text “Home” is not an extraordinary song. It isn’t even complicated, as regards the musical aspects, or doesn’t even convey strong message to the audience. However, I think it is worth analyzing it. . It’s the song’s simplicity what I loved the most (together with Bublé’s voice). Words flow delicately, swiftly. You listen to it, and when you want to realize – it’s over. It is short and simple, but as Baltasar Gracián said: “good things, when short, are twice as good”. . Michael Bublé had been touring in Italy when he wrote this ballad for his fiancée. He talks about his feelings when he is far away from his country and his family. He says he’s lucky for being able to fulfil his dream (singing around the world), but he’d rather stay at home, as he misses her. . The song is made of ten stanzas. There is not a clear chorus, as some grammatical structures are repeated throughout all the song, but not word-for-word. . He begins talking about where he is. It is a summer day, and he is in Europe. He has been touring around maybe two of the most beautiful cities of the world: Paris and Rome. He is in front of a million people, singing, being in a situation where most of us would like to be. He is admired, regarded as a wonderful singer. Many people say that he is the new Sinatra, and he knows that. For anyone, he has an enviable life. . However, it would be appropriate to remember that he was born in Canada, so he is quite far away from his house. The second stanza reveals the real sadness of his situation, which was hidden by a mask. Good artists always smile to the audience: they don’t let their feelings be seen… but that wasn’t reality. He was writing a letter to his girlfriend, but could not send it. We can imagine him, at his luxurious hotel room, trying to write, but not being able to. Everything, doesn’t matter how satisfactory could seem to us, would be empty and senseless for him. He feels awful, as he would love to be at her side. The message he could have sent would have been “cold and flat” for two reasons. First, because he should be next to her, not in the other side of the ocean, so whatever he writes doesn’t matter, as he has already gone away. Secondly, because when you write something, the message is sent without a tone, or body language, and words of love are mainly communicated by these last two. . He afterwards refers to what I said before: he’s “lucky”, but despite his luck, he can’t stand anymore the distance that separates him from his fiancée. He repeats the words “another, another” because what would have been a great journey around Europe for anyone, for him is just the same routine, repeated again and again. Everything seems monotonous and boring. He’s “just too far” from her. . The sixth stanza is the most melancholic and sorrowful one. He compares his departure with “stepping outside when everything was going right”. The situation with his girlfriend was excellent, but he had to go due to his job. He told her to come with him, to avoid having to separate, but she would finally decide to stay. When he is thinking about it, he blames himself for leaving her alone. He has chosen to sing, instead of staying with her, so he has a huge dilemma in his mind: what’s the most important thing in his life, what’s he living for? Is it his gift- the voice- or the woman he loves? . The last four stanzas are an echo of his thoughts. He desperately repeats that he wants to go home. Again, he is surrounded by a lot of people, but happiness has vanished as if it was water vapour. Summer has turned to winter, as now everything is cold, his feelings are frozen. . His final decision, he says in the last verse, is to return home; he chooses to stay with his beloved. Strange as it may seem, sometimes the simplest option is the best one.

Here is my activity __ Fill the gaps (...) __

Another summer day Has come and gone away In ... and ... But I “wanna” go home

Maybe surrounded by A million people I ... I just wanna go home Oh, I miss you, you know

And I’ve been keeping all ... that I wrote to you Each one a line or two “I’m fine baby, how are you?” (Well)I would send them but ... that it’s ... My words were ... and ... And you ... more than that

Another aeroplane Another sunny place ..., I know But I “wanna” go home

I’ve got to go home

Let me go home I’m just too far from where you are I “wanna” come home

And I feel just like I’m living... It’s like I just stepped outside When everything was going right And I know just why ... Come along with me ('Cause) ... But you always believed in me



Another summer day Has come and gone away In Paris and Rome But I “wanna” go home

Maybe surrounded by A million people I Still feel all alone I just wanna go home Oh, I miss you, you know

And I’ve been keeping all the letters that I wrote to you Each one a line or two “I’m fine baby, how are you?” (Well)I would send them but I know that it’s just not enough My words were cold and flat And you deserve more than that

Another aeroplane Another sunny place I’m lucky, I know But I “wanna” go home I’ve got to go home

Let me go home I’m just too far from where you are I “wanna” come home

And I feel just like I’m living someone else’s life It’s like I just stepped outside When everything was going right And I know just why you could not Come along with me ('Cause) this was not your dream But you always believed in me

Another winter day has come And gone away In even Paris and Rome And I “wanna” go home Let me go home

And I’m surrounded by A million people I Still feel alone Oh, let me go home Oh, I miss you, you know Let me go home I’ve had my run Baby, I’m done I gotta go home Let me go home It’ll all be all right I’ll be home tonight I’m coming back home