Coming Home by Falling in Reverse

Album: Coming Home (2017)

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This is an intensely personal track that's been brewing inside Escape the Fate frontman Ronnie Radke for years. Every time Radke laid down the tune it fell short of his expectations and it took him two-and-a-half years to get the song recorded the way he heard it in his head.

"That track is like Jurassic Park," he joked to Radio.com. "It was years in the making. It took them a long time to produce that movie and it took me a really long time to write that song and get it right."

It was only when Radke worked on the song with his roommate and new co-writer, Tyler Smyth of the band Dangerkids that it eventually came together.
Radke's job, which means he's constantly on the road along with other circumstances, means that he doesn't get to spend as much time as he'd like with his little daughter Willow Grace. "The song is about my daughter and [my] never being around," he confessed.
The song's Jeb Hardwick-directed music video follows an astronaut floating through outer space. As he begins to fall back to Earth, it is revealed that the lonely spaceman is in fact Ronnie Radke.

"This video is an analogy of the dichotomies between my personal life and my public life - a lonely traveler content on fulfilling the dreams he set out on, but missing out on everything he has at home. A bittersweet duality," said Radke.

Comments: 6

Dana Danes from PublicWell after reading the first comment I'd say yeah it's a super artistic cold way to cop out of being with your kid..I love thus song I will always love falling in reverse no matter how much they change or people hate on rr but honestly I thought maybe he is an alien and he sending a message home...lil Wayne sais all the time ianahb...I don't believe in aliens but idk some weird s--t it kinda adds up what if the aliens are stuck here his talent is so good that I don't think he understands why he can't solidfy himself among the other rappers
Dawn from HoustonSo in other words his dreams are more important than leaving his daughter with scars he knows he is leaving on her.
Christina from Ontariowhen i first heard this song, i cried. i finally felt like somebody was looking out for me “i’m coming home.” this song gives me chills every single time i listen to it. it sends wonderful emotions to my heart. when i first heard this song, my thoughts were “somebody finally hears me...”
Seth from Joplin, MoWhen I first heard this song, It was a coaster of emotions that I felt. At the end of the song when he sung "I'M COMING HOME!", I felt that in a way I can't explain. It's like when your about to die, you're coming home.
Ty Swenson from Minnesota I think it’s about good people with a demon that makes them destroy themself and hurt others and the end is here andIf I don’t cast it out and accept divine love I’m stuck here and am never going to make it home.
Waddles from Texas Initially, this song really resonated w me. I knew I would love it after the first time I heard it. Feeling the emotions put out by Ronnie, I could tell how much this song meant to him. Finding out now that it was for his daughter only made sense.
I found my own meaning within Ronnie's lyrics that meant alot to me. Only a great song can bring upon so many emotions which seem to be deciphered at random moments after hearing the song once again.

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