Home and Heart... and Hope

Look to love and you may dream,
And if it should leave then give it wings.
But if such a love is meant to be;
Hope is home, and the heart is free.
-- "Hope Has a Place", Enya

A week and a half ago, I discussed about a Pokémon song about home and heart. The titular phrase of the song has two keywords, "home" and "heart". This reminds me of another song which contains those two keywords in a phrase, along with a third, "hope" - and it's the one for which the chorus is quoted above. The distance between both songs is a little great, but it's something that Pokémon helps to bridge.

Here's where the singer's statement about interpretations - which I've discussed in yet another distant song - comes into its own. Like that other song, this one hints at love between people, but I don't see how it can't involve Pokémon also. The bond of those who deal with Pokémon (including Trainers) may be just as significant and emotional as with other people. And in the context of this song, they may all be just the ones that give hope. The third verse in particular is evocative of the people who make their way through life with Pokémon, for which it may be the different creatures that give different hope.

As for relating all three keywords, that takes a little bit of a deeper thinking. Whilst the other song can be considered to evoke "home, close to home", this one can be considered to evoke "home, away from home". But for someone whose journeys may take one far, far away or even just a little closer to home, either one seems to be just as important, especially with Pokémon in tow. Wherever home is, it seems just enough to give hope for anyone, with a little attachment.

It seems a little fanciful to think about both songs in this way, but it's imaginatively sweet and a little inspiring as well. It's hard not to think about homes in the hearts of people, as well as those that give rise to hope. Whether the latter would be people or Pokémon, they are wonderful indeed. As far as I'm concerned, anyone whose lives are linked to Pokémon, like me, might find the evocations in both songs appreciable - and I do.

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