Chris Daughtry's "Home" also about US troops?, what about Live's! Options

[SecretInsomnia]

Hey, I dunno of everyone knows the Chris Daughtry album, but the second single of it is coming up (or is already released), and it's Home, track no.3 at the cd.

Although I already knew the track for quite a while and liked it in the beginning, I found this at Billboard.com

"Home," fires up another anthemic rock power ballad, with a lyric dedicated to U.S. troops overseas, a la, "I'm going home to a place I belong/Where your love has always been enough for me." Considering his sure-shot, flame-throwing vocal, name-brand cachet and mass appeal via a No. 1 album—not to mention the song's use as the exit theme each week on "A.I."—"Home" is undeniably where America's heart is.

Ofcourse I made the connection to Home at SFBM and Home at Daughtry before, but I never thought about something behind it, just songs with the same title.
But reading that in Billboard, realising he's a big Live fan, and Live made a song about a US-soldier's view in the Gulfwar a year before Daughtry releases a single Home that also deals with the US troops. And he will have a lot of airplay in the US, regarding his first single!

Man I'm not offending Daughtry, I like his album, but damn, with a better promotion SFBM could be so much more succesfull for Live than that it was (or is). And now Daughtry gets attention with a theme Live did already before in a song.
SFBM had not to fail, there was a lot of hit potential stuff on this album

[Heather]

What are the rest of the lyrics to that song? I didn't think it was a song written about the troops but then I've only heard clips of it.

Either way it's just another example of an unoriginal artist getting a number one hit based on the fact that he was on a popular tv show.

[livefan86]

What are the rest of the lyrics to that song? I didn't think it was a song written about the troops but then I've only heard clips of it.

Either way it's just another example of an unoriginal artist getting a number one hit based on the fact that he was on a popular tv show.

The song itself is not about the troops. Chris wrote it when he was away from home about his feelings on his family and friends. I think the record label is just going with the troop approach to the song.

[SecretInsomnia]

well, Billboard says so, I dunno how they know it, I never thought about the song myself that way before, but oke

[slainte]

in a video interview, chris mentioned writing "home" at home thinking bout his time on the road. he also mentioned writing it in about 15 minutes.

[xkiersten]

Chris wrote the song before he even went on American Idol.

Daughtry fans sent the song to troops in Iraq, and thats how the whole thing started.

[Bob]

Chris wrote the song before he even went on American Idol.

Daughtry fans sent the song to troops in Iraq, and thats how the whole thing started.

I found the lyrics online:
http://www.metrolyrics.com/home-lyrics-chris-daughtry.html


I'm staring out into the night,
Trying to hide the pain.
I'm going to the place where love
And feeling good don't ever cost a thing.
And the pain you feel's a different kind of pain.

I'm going home,
Back to the place where I belong,
And where your love has always been enough for me.
I'm not running from.
No, I think you got me all wrong.
I don't regret this life I chose for me.
But these places and these faces are getting old
So I'm going home.
Well I'm going home.

The miles are getting longer, it seems,
The closer I get to you.
I've not always been the best man or friend for you.
But your love, remains true.
And I don't know why.
You always seem to give me another try.

So I'm going home,
Back to the place where I belong,
[ Lyrics found on http://www.metrolyrics.com ]

And where your love has always been enough for me.
I'm not running from.
No, I think you got me all wrong.
I don't regret this life I chose for me.
But these places and these faces are getting old.

Be careful what you wish for,
'Cause you just might get it all.
You just might get it all,
And then some you don't want.
Be careful what you wish for,
'Cause you just might get it all.
You just might get it all, yeah.

Oh, well I'm going home,
Back to the place where I belong,
And where your love has always been enough for me.
I'm not running from.
No, I think you got me all wrong.
I don't regret this life I chose for me.
But these places and these faces are getting old.
I said these places and these faces are getting old.
So I'm going home.
I'm going home.

[SJN1279]

If Daughtry really wrote this song before he went on American Idol, why it about being lonely on the road. What road was he on? I'd figure he was at "Home."

[slainte]

oh ha ha haaaaaaaaa...he was in a band before "american idiot." sorry, daughtry is my guilty pleasure..along with bombay sapphire gin, a good merlot and anything to do with pittsburgh sports.

[dangum]

oh ha ha haaaaaaaaa...he was in a band before "american idiot."

Yeah, a Christian Rock band called called "Absent Element".

This post has been edited by dangum: Apr 18 2007, 10:40 pm

[+Ed+]

Yeah, a Christian Rock band called called "Absent Element".

Btw they kicked pretty much ass.

[Heavens Freaks]

im glad someone did bring this topic up cause aswell does anyone think that theres a very similar guitar rifts with Daughtry's 'It's Not Over' and Live's 'Night Of Nights'? im from Oz and i only heard of Daughtry's album in February and i think it came out alot earlier in America and when i heard it, it sounded alot like Live's SFBM track...any thoughts
btw im not trying to diss Daughtry i really really like 'em but ive been thinking this since i first heard it

[aLIVEinNORWAY]

.
SFBM had not to fail, there was a lot of hit potential stuff on this album

I realy bellived SFBM could had been their biggest album since TC, with the right promotion.

[SJN1279]

I realy bellived SFBM could had been their biggest album since TC, with the right promotion.

I'm with you on that. But Live seems to have survived the Epic storm, and looks to be continuing onward. I'm excited for album 8 and the new DVD.

[SecretInsomnia]

if there's a way to release Mystery as proper single again (and not only sending it to some radio stations), they should do it!!!!!

it could be a very good chart hit (with or without Daughtry, both versions are very hit potentional