First Aid Kit - You're Not Coming Home Tonight Lyrics






Yeah you cooked his dinners
You raised his children
Still he's not satisfied
He says "I'd rather switch with you
You don't know how hard it is
To work from 9 to 5"

But he speaks with his eyes closed
And even though you're not all alone
He's never there to be with you
And you remember when you were young
When life was new and it was fun
Now every corner's filled with dust

But you're not coming home tonight

You just took the train
And you left without a wave
Figured he'd never let you leave anyway
And now you're sitting on that train
Seeing life in a new way
And every forest sings a song

One for the heartbroken lovers
And one for the dreamers
And then there's one just for you
The winds been humming on it all day
Ans the soil lies awake
Waiting for it's drum solo

'Cause you're not coming home tonight

The ship is sailing
I'll meet you on the other side
The future's unclear
But hopefully it will be fine

You're not coming home tonight





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  1. H.... E....

    Those girls are fantastic, I love the way they do, go girls!

  2. K.... S....

    They make everything ok with the world

  3. a.... r....

    I love that there are so many fallen autumn leaves in the middle of a pine forest :) great song by the way!

  4. C.... S....

    my relationship rn f m l

  5. g.... s....

    Lyrics :

    Yeah you cooked his dinners
    You raised his children
    Still he's not satisfied
    He says "I'd rather switch with you
    You don't know how hard it is
    To work from 9 to 5"

    But he speaks with his eyes closed
    And even though you're not all alone
    He's never there to be with you
    And you remember when you were young
    When life was new and it was fun
    Now every corner's filled with dust

    But you're not coming home tonight

    You just took the train
    And you left without a wave
    Figured he'd never let you leave anyway
    And now you're sitting on that train
    Seeing life in a new way
    And every forest sings a song

    One for the heartbroken lovers
    And one for the dreamers
    And then there's one just for you
    The winds been humming on it all day
    Ans the soil lies awake
    Waiting for it's drum solo

    'Cause you're not coming home tonight

    The ship is sailing
    I'll meet you on the other side
    The future's unclear
    But hopefully it will be fine

    You're not coming home tonight

  6. M.... R....

    WE LOVE YOU

  7. j.... h....

    I sure like these ladies, but they seem to have a rather sour opinion of men.

  8. P.... J....

    type music to ride along with on a bicycle tour

  9. A.... S....

    it is a pretty sad song

  10. D.... ....

    Whats the blonde chick plays at ?

    D.... ....

    Love Johanna playing the autoharp.
    Would buy one but they are so expensive.

  11. R.... W....

    Wow their voices are peanut butter and jelly in the best way possible

  12. l.... s....

    Niiiice voices!!!Way to young girls but so talented!

  13. S.... ....

    This reminds me of Tegan and Sara, nice :)

  14. m.... ....

    This song basically sums up my life.

  15. M.... S....

    LOVE THIS SONG AND THE MUSIC VIDEO :)

  16. L.... J....

    They really just fit perfectly into the forest...

    L.... J....

    agree. would totally vote for another Live in the forest

    L.... J....

    don't know whether I should think of it as an offence or compliment

  17. B.... A....

    i loved this song girls, congratulations!!!!!!

  18. M.... B....

    what is the name of his instrument?

    M.... B....

    The girl on the left is playing an Autoharp

  19. M.... R....

    einfach wunderbar ....... !

  20. t.... ....

    Phenomenal song writing, so young

  21. A.... S....

    For some reason, this seems like something Phoebe Buffay would sing...

  22. E.... ....

    seriously soooooooo underrated and soooooo talented

    E.... ....

    +Joj Divižn they are only popular in certain countries... Fucking justin beiber has gold and platinum sales.

    E.... ....

    @Joj Divižn Not too well known in the U.S, they really only get discovered here by folk listeners maybe. I've heard them in starbucks before though but most people don't know them when I bring them up.

    E.... ....

    +ShatteredDiscoBall Last year I watched them in Amsterdam Holland and I was totally blown away.I can tell you Im hard to please. Yes its mostly folk listerners that know them but they have talents to reach lots of other Music listener groups. Every person I introduce them to love them instantly. I have introduced their Music to for instance Heavy metalists, mainstreamers, Houselisteners , rap listeners etc. Apart from that big guys like Paul Simon, Neil Young, Jack White, Paul Mc Cartney, joni Mitchel, Keith Urban,even Bob Dylan they all say these two Swedish siblings are something extra. Rare pure talent which is rare these days. With a right promotion and good managing they coud be among the very best in Music of today.

    E.... ....

    Yeah even though they sound kind of like the classic country musicians like the Carter family and a lot of folk groups of the 60s and 70s from here in America. Not a lot of people don't know them. Their mainly popular with people here who like folk and Classic Country sounding music (which is me), yet I'd say They got a potential to be popular here. But like a lot of great alt country/indie Folk artists they are marketed poorly to usually a rock audience that won't care for them. I actually found them through a country website called Saving Country Music (which was the same site that I found (and launched the success) Sturgill Simpson (another favorite of mine) through)

  23. C.... E....

    SON GENIALES!!!! You two are great!!! Greetings from Mexico!!! What's the name of the instrument that seems as an arp-piano-accordion?

    C.... E....

    Its a Autoharp

    C.... E....

    Yo igual soy De Mexico!!!

  24. D.... e....

    Arya Stark??

    D.... e....

    Lmfao 😂😂😂😂

  25. t.... ....

    They may have been playing live in this video, but that's not what we're hearing. The lead voice is doubled. There would also be background noise in a forest, which honestly would have made for a cooler video IMO

    t.... ....

    the lead voice is doubled bc there's two ppl singing???? like???

    t.... ....

    @Abigail Jenkins No, the lead singer's voice is doubled throughout the entire song. At first I thought maybe it was some echo effect but you can hear parts where the two lead voices are out of sync. Like when she sings "now" at 0:45 or "future's" at 2:10, right before the other girl joins in at "unclear", the two lead voices are a little off key. 

    t.... ....

    It's most probably live with digital reverb added later.

  26. f.... ....

    their voice just make me dreaming in fantasy <3

  27. F.... ....

    Let England shake must have been heavily influenced by these guys

    F.... ....

    let england shake is an old Irish rebel song  (based on)   THE WEST AWAKE

  28. F.... B....

    Bright Eyes influence is huge in this song:) It reminds me of 'Bowl of oranges'

  29. M.... R....

    I love it! :)

  30. C.... W....

    What is this song talking about?

  31. C.... C....

    When I brought is song from iTunes it sounds so different to this version. I wish I could buy it on ones like it sounds here, on iTunes it is much slower:///

  32. S.... ....

    recently got into these girl, and I have to say they are just so awesome

  33. s.... ....

    That "strange sitar" is a common or garden autoharp, available in any decent shop for next to nothing and can be mastered in an extremely short time. Very common in american old-time music.

  34. A.... ....

    Love your pullovers as your music !! ;)

  35. T.... H....

    @Patohead001 -- it's a zither.  No Idea where to get it in Denmark.

  36. J.... M....

    love love love

  37. s.... s....

    UuU exelente cancion <3 me enamore de sus voces

  38. m.... ....

    its an autoharp.

  39. d.... ....

    the female Simon and Garfunkel, I love them

  40. A.... H....

    true that

  41. n.... B....

    Usually the best bands arn't all that popular.

  42. R.... K....

    Awesome voices!

  43. C.... ....

    it was cool to hear a different version of this song but I am subject to the original

  44. A.... H....

    i love this band and song i can play it on the guitar.to bad it's not a very popular band this is my favorite band =[

  45. P.... ....

    where can i buy this strange sitar in Denmark???

  46. P.... ....

    it's an harmonium!!!

  47. t.... ....

    Damn I love this song.

  48. P.... R....

    when i come home , i raised nothing more than blisters then i suffered ridicule..

  49. p.... m....

    they sing like angels

  50. G.... H....

    Hey, girls your great!

  51. M.... R....

    It's a pump organ, not a piano.

  52. H.... v....

    Somehow this somg makes me so happy :)

  53. T.... B....

    Its strange. Ive just discovered one of my old playlists, one that once was so incredibly dear to me. Radical Face, Fever Ray, Amiina and all that wonderful goodness. Half of it´s been deleted, some songs are private.. And i dont even remember their titles so i basically lost them. Point is: I hope this one here never gets deleted, that would be a terrible loss.

  54. M.... ....

    these girls are GENIUSES!! and they are playing the citra!!! how cool is that!!!

  55. I.... K....

    lovely..

  56. 1.... ....

    For a moment I heard a little Tegan and Sara in you. It was cute.

  57. S.... ....

    Which, despite it's name, is a zither.

  58. t.... ....

    That, my friend, is called an autoharp. (I assume you're talking about the lady on the left? Lol)

  59. K.... ....

    Thats a really good bit! What do you think about 1:21 - 1:24?

  60. L.... V....

    I want to live there!!!

  61. I.... W....

    This is an absolutly amazing song... I especially love the part from 1:50-1:56. I'm seeing them in 2 days in Dublin :D

  62. f.... ....

    they transported a piano all they way out into the woods just to be in the background of a shot ha

    what is that instrument she is playing called?

  63. H.... F....

    jag älskar er tjejer!!!!!!!

  64. M.... C....

    Damn crazy how I'm seein it for the first time 4 years to this day!

  65. b.... r....

    4 years since this video was recorded..and still listening and lovin it. thanks for the music!

  66. J.... S....

    i love these sisters! keep on...

  67. N.... H....

    amazing harmonies

  68. l.... ....

    Wow I'm amazed she can play that! I inherited one from my grandpa but I have no idea. :(

  69. J.... ....

    An autoharp!

  70. k.... ....

    what is the instrument the sister with the lighter, wavy hair is playing?

  71. M.... ....

    Haha I love it how they count Swedish at the beginning :) Love their music, it's real music, saw them live: amazing!

  72. N.... P....

    "An" IKEA

  73. A.... H....

    I really hope they get far x

  74. e.... ....

    Beautiful! These two remind me a little bit of one of Ellis, who is one of my favorite American folk-rock singers. I definitely need to find their CD's... only place I can think of to try is the Electric Fetus, the biggest and best independent music store here in the Twin Cities. I

  75. A.... ....

    PS im swedish to

  76. A.... ....

    their counting in swedish in the beginning

  77. s.... ....

    I haven't heard this song in such a long time, I still love it.

  78. T.... B....

    hahahah for you that aint swedish what the guy yells i the beginning is: SONG NUMBER ONE!

  79. M.... M....

    Recorded in the Swedish forest? They should be itching so much with the midges, that this should be impossible! The Donegal and Scottish midge will eat you alive!

  80. J.... B....

    you are angels. I could swear all of your songs are about my life.

  81. D.... F....

    @procrasti86 that's an autoharp and that's in every basic First Aid Kit fan lesson :D

  82. p.... ....

    @mysss29 LOL, i can see what makes the sound, i just wasn't aware that it takes an instrument (and a pick) to make the sound. I mean you can probably do the same using a grater. It seems you have answered a question i did not ask. It would actually be interesting to know how do they call that instrument, but you failed to deliver here as well. Thanks for trying though :D

  83. M.... y....

    @procrasti86 The "zipping" is Johanna's pick hitting the strings--listen for their sound afterwards. I forget what the instrument is called....

  84. j.... ....

    @procrasti86 the 'piano' is used in one of the other songs on this 3-track EP recorded as a set in the woods (see info about the track at the top ^^^)

  85. p.... ....

    Do you really need an instrument to make that zipping sound? And what's the piano for? I was really waiting for someone to play it. Got trolled :/

  86. J.... M....

    the ship is sailing

  87. s.... ....

    @xxxRetardationxxx Yes.

  88. D.... F....

    @supersketch90 I feel exactly the same

  89. o.... ....

    What a lovely sound. Great voices!

  90. B.... Y....

    @miq2015martinez we would do better with one less hater in the world ttfn

  91. d.... ....

    @Livi195 Raised his children?

  92. i.... ....

    @miq2015martinez the song is about idiots like you!hahaha

  93. N.... S....

    @miq2015martinez grow up

  94. A.... ....

    30 people are racist children

  95. m.... ....

    ^ I love how Cyrus is spelled :)

  96. c.... ....

    This is Great! I love the sound!

  97. C.... G....

    @S0UL0NE Thanks!