On May 22, 2016, Baker played a one-of-a-kind version of her song “Go Home” in Brussels, Belgium, featuring not only the expected “In Christ Alone” piano outro, but an abridged In Christ Alone cover featuring lyrics slightly altered to better connect it to the themes in Baker’s song.
[Verse 1]
I went walking again
I'll go out and forget
To tell any of my friends where I'm going
I'm just drunk
The side of the road in a ditch when you find me
Wanna go home, but I'm sick
There's more whiskey than blood in my veins
More tar than air in my lungs
The strung out call I make
Burned down on the edge of the highway
"I'm sorry for asking, but please, come and take me home"
[Verse 2]
I quit talking again
But I know you're still listening
To see if I sleep
Or pierce my skin
Needles to the worn-out rags
The folds in my arms
The sickening black
[Chorus]
And I haven't been taking my meds
So lock all thе cabinets, send me to bеd
'Cause I know you're still worried I'm gonna get scared
'Cause I'm alone again, and I don't like the things I see
Don't like the things I see...
[Chorus]
And I haven't been taking my meds
So lock all the cabinets and send me to bed
'Cause I know you're still worried I'm gonna get scared again
Try and make my insides clean with your kitchen bleach
But I've kissed enough bathroom sinks
To make up for the lovers that never loved me
And I know my body is just dirty clothes
I'm tired of washin' my hands
God, I wanna go...
So tired of washin' my hands, God, I wanna go home
I'm so tired of washin' my hands, God, I wanna go...
[Outro]
No power of love
No scheme of man
Could ever pluck
Me from Your hands
'Til You return
And take me home
Go Home/In Christ Alone was written by Julien Baker & Keith Getty & Stuart Townend.
Julien Baker released Go Home/In Christ Alone on Sun May 22 2016.