以下歌詞節錄自〈Returning Home(返鄉)〉,是曾獲「東尼獎最佳原創音樂獎」提名的山米.海格(Sammy Hagar)收錄在「I Never Said Goodbye」個人專輯的一首歌。歌詞接續他曾發表個人創作的「外星人」故事, 想像「重返地球」的自己,該如何珍惜現有、振奮圖存。
I saw the ruins once the smoke cleared
Once upon returning home
A touch of sadness but no fear
Once upon returning home
I don't know what I cried about but
Reality removed all doubt
I felt warm but all alone
Once upon returning home
Once this place was paradise
Green and blue colors of the sea
It's still alive so it shall return
Eventually, oh, oh, oh
You can't see to the other side, other side
Oh, the long journey wore me down
To see this world turned upside down
There'll be some time before things
Oh, don't let the changes get you down, no
You'll see the world turned upside down
If you listen, you'll hear the word
When it comes around, when it comes around
硝煙散盡後,我看到滿目瘡痍
當返回家鄉
有一絲淡淡憂傷,但不覺恐懼
當返回家鄉
不知為什麼哭了
現實釐清了所有疑問
我同時感到溫暖與孤獨
當返回家鄉
這個地方曾經是個樂園
大海輝映著碧綠靛藍
這裡仍然充滿生機,理當復原
終究會復原的,哦,哦,哦
無法看到彼岸,彼岸
哦,漫長的旅途讓我筋疲力竭
看到這個世界天翻地覆
這裡將復原,但需要一段時間
哦,不要因轉變讓你消沉,不要
你看到世界天翻地覆
但如果仔細聽,你會發現這世界
復原即將來臨