Monday, April 25, 2011

The Traveling Song by WILL I AM

I've been around the world in the pouring rain,
Feeling out of place, really felling strange,
Take me to a place where the know my name,
Cuz I ain't met nobody that looks the same,
I'm a fish out of water, Lion out of the jungle,
I need my peoples, my peoples, take me to my peoples,
Just gotta have someone, gotta have someone, to relate to, to relate to,
Just gotta have someone, gotta have someone, to relate to, to relate to,

Chorus
See I been travelin,
Been travelin forever,
But now that I found a home feels like I'm in heaven,
See I been traveling,
Been travelin forever,
But now that I'm home feels like I'm in heaven,
See I been travelin,
Been travelin forever,
But now that I found a home feels like I'm in heaven,
Feels like I'm in heaven, feels like I'm in heaven,
Feels like I'm in heaven, feels like I'm in heaven, heaven,

Travelin the world like a torren man,
Been around the planet in a foreign land,
I've seen things that I thought I'd never see,
Take me to a place where they look like me,
I'm a lion out the jungle, fish out of the ocean,
I need my peoples, my peoples, take me to my peoples,
Just gotta have someone, gotta have someone, to relate to, to relate to,
Just gotta have someone, gotta have someone, to relate to, to relate to,

Chorus
See I been travelin,
Been travelin forever,
But now that I found a home feels like I'm in heaven,
See I been traveling,
Been travelin forever,
But now that I'm home feels like I'm in heaven,
See I been travelin,
Been travelin forever,
But now that I found a home feels like I'm in heaven,
Feels like I'm in heaven, feels like I'm in heaven,
Feels like I'm in heaven, feels like I'm in heaven, heaven,
Feels like I'm in heaven, feels like I'm in heaven


The physical part of the lyrics is about a traveler that wants to go home where he doesn't feel out of place.
The lyrics is about a person feeling out of place and wanting to be with people like them. The traveler is the speaker. The emotion is one of homesickness or not feeling like you belong.

"I've been around the world in the pouring rain,
Feeling out of place, really felling strange,
Take me to a place where the know my name,
Cuz I ain't met nobody that looks the same,"


The song uses metaphors to show that he feel out of place.
"I'm a fish out of water, Lion out of the jungle,"
"I'm a lion out the jungle, fish out of the ocean,"

The fact that the person has been traveling means that they have been trying to find a place where they belong but have been unsucessful