Another poem of Emily Dickinson set to music
gothic
goth
gothicmusic
fear
electropop
diaryofdreams
dark pop
Story behind the song
https://dl.ibdocs.re/LitCharts/Poetry INVALID Guides/LitCharts-i-years-had-been-from-home.pdf
Lyrics
Emily Dickinson
1
Years I had been from home,
And now, before the door
I dared not open, lest a face
I never saw before
Stare vacant into mine
And ask my business there.
My business, - just a life I left,
Was such still dwelling there?
2
I fumbled at my nerve,
I scanned the windows near;
The silence like an ocean rolled,
And broke against my ear.
I laughed a wooden laugh
That I could fear a door,
Who danger and the dead had faced,
But never quaked before.
3
I fitted to the latch
My hand, with trembling care,
Lest back the awful door should spring,
And leave me standing there.
I moved my fingers off
As cautiously as glass,
And held my ears, and like a thief
Fled gasping from the house.
Refrain 1
I'll never come back.
I'll never look back.
I'll never face
the past again.
I run away from myself
towards my sweet illusions.
I'll never come back.
I'll never look back.
I'll never face
my past again.
I live within my memories.
This door is closed forever.
Refrain 2
I'll never come back.
I'll never look back.
I'll never face
the past again.
I run away from myself
towards my sweet illusions.
I'll never come back.
I'll never look back.
I'll never face
my past again.
I live within my memories.
I'll never find
my way back home.