Song Details
- Album Release Date: 2012
- Genre: piano
Song Meaning of “Lily’s Katama Home” by Fred Mollin
“Lily’s Kata’ma Home” by Fred Mollin is a song that reflects on the idea that home is where the heart lies no matter how much time passes or space separates. It reflects on the idea that no matter the age, there is something special about being home that cannot be replicated anywhere else.
The song begins with a longing for a time and place that is no longer there, envisioning with nostalgia a childhood home that has a special place in the singer’s heart. It looks fondly, if sadly, at the passage of time; although the home has since disppeared, the feelings of belonging and of love for that place remain strong.
The singer sings of how, even when he felt lonely while away from home, there was something inside him that kept him connected to that special place. Furthermore, even when the home is nowhere to be found, he still sees it when he closes his eyes.
The lyrics also express the idea that no matter how much time passes, a person’s real home – what the singer calls a “spiritual homeland” – will still be the same. Even if a person moves and makes a new home somewhere else, the special connection to the first home will never go away.