Far From Home ~ Vic Mignogna lyrics and Blood Meridian

I realize that these lyrics carry a hopeful quality which contradicts that of Blood Meridian's mood. But there are some lines that apply to journeying, especially involuntary journeying, that I think carry meaning with Blood Meridian. In fact,  the rest of the lyrics that include love and the such can be considered direct opposites to that of Blood Meridian. Even though this song may seem a stretch because of that, it is really because there aren't many sad journeying songs about death, so I make do with what I have. Enjoy. And here's a site if you want to listen to the song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJ817-az1sQ


Oh what a world to take my breath away


From canyon deep to star above

All take their place to start the symphony

of a great big love



I've seen the valley from the mountaintop

Sailed cross the blue and back again

From east to west

Majestic tapestry I can't comprehend

(but that's not where I long to be)

(That's not where I long to be…)



[Chorus]

Now I'm stuck here

But I don't belong here

Though my heart and soul are inclined to roam

Time is coming when I'll be with my Jesus

But for now I'm far from home



(ye~ah yeah…)

(though I'm a stranger in a strange land…)
This land can be a lot of fun, yeah

I'd start a list of all that thrills me

And never get done

(but that's not where I long to be)

(That's not where I long to be…)



[Chorus]

Now I'm stuck here

But I don't belong here

Though my heart and soul are inclined to roam

Time is coming when I'll be with my Jesus

But for now I'm far from home



Shubidee doo badow [repeat]

Diggadum dum badow

(That's not where I long to be…) [repeat]



[Chorus]

Now I'm stuck here

But I don't belong here

Though my heart and soul are inclined to roam

Time is coming when I'll be with my Jesus

But for now I'm far from home

(Now I'm stuck here but I)

I don't belong here

Though my heart and soul are inclined to roam

Time is coming when I'll be with my Jesus

But for now I'm far (so far)

I wanna be where you are

Maybe I'm not so far from home
 
(http://www.allthelyrics.com/lyrics/vic_mignogna/far_from_home-lyrics-1267366.html)
 
 
1)In the second stanza, the lyrics state that they've been to a lot of places and seen many things that they "can't comprehend." For the Kid, this is interpreted as things that don't make sense: killing Indians for their scalps and for profit.
2)The next part says, "Now I'm stuck here but I/Don't belong here." The Kid, being fourteen years old, certainly doesn't belong in a world with murderers and thieves. A big concept in the book is fate. Supposedly, the Kid has many choices on whether he wants to stay with the scalping gang or not and always chooses to stay.
3)When the lyrics talk about the heart and soul being "inclined" to roam, I think it means that we are all, in a sense, nomads, moving from place to place, whether that be through life, physically, mentally, or spiritually. The Kid is inately a wanderer and doesn't slow down for anyone. He is always running from someone or something.
4)Now as far as anyone is concerned, Jesus had nothing to do with the Kid, at least in the sense that G-D, and therefore Jesus, had no place in the forsaken land past the Blood Meridian.