Coming home now At the rise of the civil war See the home front I was a soldier of strongest opinions Made laws of the winds and the wills of my mind To come back and learn what a sense of affection conformity brings I was allowed in the houses of strangers I walked with the heat of the sun on my back I come back and seek what's been learned through the ages And written in stone Coming home now At the rise of the civil war See the home front I talked to gurus of buried traditions Gave way to the prejudices in my head They seem to restrict but protect us it's sewn in the fabric of man I was as nameless anonymous mammal Confused by the classification of men Until I was nameless enough that I no longer knew who I was I've been away quite far Been out the seas And stars To just want to be a part Of sermons and speeches now Coming home now At the rise of the civil war See the home front