Andrew Stonehome

The song is a letter to my inner child — a reminder of the part of me I've hidden and protected for so long. Reconnecting with this vulnerable piece of myself means confronting fears, embracing vulnerability, and facing old wounds. It's a journey of healing and rediscovery, but it's also about reclaiming the strength that comes from being whole again.

Every word in this song is a reflection of my heart and has a direct connection to what I'm experiencing in my life at this moment. This song is the one that I feel more connected to personally than any other song I've written. If people asked me to give one example of music that I’ve created, this is the song that I would share.

Writing this song was part of an emotional journey for me, forcing me to confront and express some of my deepest fears and challenges in their rawest form. The process of facing these personal struggles has been the driving force behind the creation, recording, and release of this song.

When I recorded the vocals, the line "I'm coming home" instinctively felt like the perfect refrain to repeat at the end of the song. At the time, I couldn’t fully explain why those words resonated so deeply, but later, it all clicked. I was listening to someone speak about self-compassion, and they described the act of finding peace with ourselves—of embracing our vulnerable, inner child—as “coming home.” In that moment, it all fell into place. Suddenly, the refrain became more than just a line in a song; it encapsulated the essence of everything the track was about.

I recorded the drums at Vinegar Hills Studios in Brooklyn, NY, with Reed Black engineering. The rest of the parts were recorded at home. Recording the gospel choir ending was a lot of fun; there are around 50 individually recorded singing parts that combine to make it sound like a choir.

I also had a lot of fun planning and editing the video, which Vince Radostitz filmed at the Patricia Reser Center for the Arts in Beaverton, OR.