Let Me — Summary

Where magic flows through Your soul, and kindness Which you allow to reach your heart Where the water taps The sky Where the mother never Bids the child A goodbye Where the little one's Laughter always echoes But never annoys Where you must travel to take me home Beyond those mountains and Past the trees. From where I was stolen, I long to go home Can't you see?

If it is here you've Come to love The me before you But love is not selfish. So if you truly love, Then home is Where you shall bring I.

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The speaker longs for a home that sounds almost like a dream: a place where magic runs through the soul, where water meets the sky, where a mother never has to say goodbye to her child, and where a little one's laughter is welcome and never irritating. It lies far away, beyond the mountains and past the trees. The speaker says they were "stolen" from it, and the question "Can't you see?" makes the longing feel urgent, even a little desperate.

In the second stanza, the speaker turns to someone who loves them. That person may love the "me before you," meaning the speaker as they are now, in this place. But the speaker argues that real love is not selfish, so it should mean helping them return. The final line, "Where you shall bring I," is a quiet, firm request. The mood is tender and homesick, with an ache of loss and a hopeful, pleading tone.

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