Thanks to Louis of San Diego, CA for sponsoring No Place is Home.

Written about Heather's Halloween birthday, with special guest appearances from the Headless Horseman. The song could not be completed until Heather physically went to Sleepy Hollow and walked around the cemetary in the dark. Your money goes directly toward paying off her ensuing therapy bills and witch doctor visits.

About the Song

"Because my birthday is on Halloween, I 'd always wanted to write something about the Headless Horseman. With my 24th year looming, I suddenly became aware of my own aging, and imagined that my version of Death and Time might look a bit like the Horseman. It's an excellent metaphor for the intimidating and unyielding nature of time. I chose to also draw some imagery from my first-grade birthday, when I dressed up as Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz and got to lead the school Halloween parade. Since I was a stickler for authentic costumes, my mother spent quite a while attaching glitter and sequins to a pair of black dress shoes. They left glitter everywhere, like I was molting."

-Heather

Lyrics

The days are getting cold -
Ther’ll be coats this Halloween.
All the children are disappointed,
all their sequins will go unseen.

And the pirates and the goblins
will steal you far away from me,
leave me nothing but hollow faces,
all used up of their flame.

(chorus)
There’s a whisper in my blood
of something darker in the road,
but if I can just make it ‘cross the bridge
before the horseman runs me down,
runs me down.

The leaves are not the only ones
who are losing all their green,
shedding red glitter from my shoes
no place is home this Halloween.

And I cannot reattach all that has fallen away.
That road doesn’t lead me back
and there’s nowhere I can stay to rest …
To stop this pounding in my chest.

(chorus)

No place is home. No place is home. No place is home.

Please invite me to come inside –
I can stay young one more night.
Underneath this half-moon safety,
we've got the rest of our lives.

(chorus)

© Heather Lloyd