Got a home on high Ain't nothing but a stranger in this world I'm nothing but a stranger in this world I got a home on high In another land So far away
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker feels like a stranger on earth but believes in a home elsewhere.
- In plain terms
- I feel like a stranger here but have a home far away.
- What can you take from it?
- Believe in a place beyond this world.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Where do you belong?
- Is this world enough?
Another view
It may dismiss the value of earthly connections.
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