Home Again

The story behind

Carole King wrote Home Again as part of her album Tapestry, released in 1971. The song lasts just over two minutes, exactly two minutes and a half. It is a piece that feels like a whisper, as if Carole King's voice were telling a story in a low voice, with a melody that moves between the personal and the universal. The song does not have a strong rhythm, rather it lets the weight of the words carry it, as if each note were a step backward, toward something that is no longer there but is still felt. It is a song that is played in silence, that flows without pressure, as if life stopped for a moment to remember.