"I can't Feel at Home in this World Anymore" is both mournful and hopeful. We all long for home. For a time, we may be content with the values, hopes, and benefits of this world. As we progress, we find ourselves outside the mainstream or, perhaps, fading in our capacity to adapt and thrive.

It could be the loss of our own health, or our friends and family. It could be the growing sense of a better home.

What then, is the attraction of home?

H – At home you HANG your hat.

You hang your hat, your hopes, and your baggage on the racks of home. You take off your shoes. You recline. You identify. You give out your address as your place of residence. On a good day, it is where you can be found. When you are at home, you are not wandering.

O – At home you OCCUPY your environment.

You can roam around the house when you are at home. Things feel familiar. The people are familiar. You can find your favorite mug. Your favorite foods are in the cupboard. Your home has been fashioned around your needs and preferences.

M – At home you MINGLE your vision with those with whom you dwell.

There is a commonality with your home folks. You may not all have the same habits or preferences, but you have been able to mingle and merge your needs and work together to build community and life. Your common life has been defined in agreements and understandings.

E – At home, you are at EASE, you rest, and you are comforted.

You relax at home because it is home. When you walk in the door, it all fits. You belong. There is peace.

So, when the singer says, "I can't feel at home in this world anymore, she or he implies that those things are no longer true of the world.

Part of it is a longing for an eternal home. With that comes the sense that, in some ways, we no longer belong here. We can't fit in. We can't relax. We cannot merge our values. We cannot adapt our identity. We cannot share our vision of truth.

When we say we are not home yet, we are saying, with hope and expectation, that we are on our way.