The most emotional track on the album. Come Back to Me are the words whispered by a woman as she watched her husband depart in an airship. What was the point of riches far away when their treasure was already at home? Why risk everything before recognizing the deception of wealth against time?
The moment his zeppelin appears in the sky, she stands in a field looking up — and when its shadow passes over her, she knows he has returned. This is not a celebration. It is the mourning of the empty-handed return, of survivors washing into harbor with nothing left to show but their lives, and of those who waited for them. There's no triumph here — only grief, and the slow realization that not everyone came home.
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‘Coming Home’ by Jef Gray — an emotional composition inspired by the return of survivors from the great storm. After a successful mining expedition, the fleet of Airovale zeppelins and balloons is devastated at sea, forcing the survivors to cast their hard-earned cargo into the ocean to save those struggling in the waves. They return home with empty hands and fewer souls aboard. *Come Back to Me* echoes the words of a young woman who watched her future husband depart in search of riches that promised to secure their future together. Now she waits for his return, knowing he is long overdue, questioning why he had to pursue distant wealth when their true treasure was already at home. She stands in the field where she last saw him ascend into the sky, whispering the same words like a prayer into the pale horizon.