Popular podcast host Tim Pool just released a new single in collaboration with metalcore singer Phil Labonte called “Coming Home.”
The hard-hitting track is already gaining traction on YouTube, with listeners praising the vocals, visuals, and overall vibe. “The place I once called home has ceased to be,” one of the opening lines says. “Now there’s nothing left but broken glass,” the lyrics continue. “Empty words and empty promises.”
“Coming home, it’s not supposed to be like this,” the chorus says. “Shadow figures on the corner like numbers on a list/ Coming home was supposed to be a gift but the man that came before me can’t be found now/ It’s not nothing more/ But something less /This place that I’ve come home to /Is not supposed to be like this.”
The video is filled with imagery of a rundown city filled with boarded-up houses interspersed with retro footage of young children with their parents. The overall tone is depressed and dimly lit, like a memory that’s been tarnished.
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“After seeing the chaos in our streets and mismanagement of our cities leading to crime, homelessness, and poverty I had to wonder what we and what our leaders had been doing to support those who give everything for this country,” Pool said in a statement about the song’s message.
“I’ve heard stories and could only imagine what it must be like to finally come home and see the places you once knew and loved overrun and decayed. This country deserves better and so do our veterans and first responders,” he added.
Commenters on YouTube are impressed with the overall tone and message of the song.
“Great song and video really tells a story and this will resonate,” one person wrote.
“Somehow, this song made me even more emotional than Only Ever Wanted. Instant hit,” another agreed.
Previous songs by Pool have skyrocketed to the top of the iTunes charts, including the hit single “Only Ever Wanted.” That was his first effort with ousted Offspring drummer Pete Parada, who also does drums for this new release.
Pool is a conservative political commentator and host of multiple popular podcasts, including “Timcast,” “Tim Pool,” and “Timcast IRL.” He became popular after live-streaming the 2011 Occupy Wall Street protest in New York City.
