I’ve been thinking about my relationship with my home in the past month. Seeing friends early in the month that said “I didn’t think you would be in the country now.” and getting the “Where in the world are you?” text made me take a good look at where I feel most home. And this song really hits that chord:
I’ve been seeing lonely people in crowded rooms
Covering their old heartbreaks with new tattoos
It’s all about smoke screens and cigarettes
Looking through low lights at silhouettes
But all I see is lonely people in crowded rooms
This city’s gonna break my heart
This city’s gonna love me then leave me alone
Working from home and mostly at night, and controlling my own noise a lot of the time has me overwhelmed when there are crowds, and Metro Manila being the second most dense city in the world, it happens a lot. But this city can be a little disconnected unless you make your own community. But it’s home.
