Come down off your throne and leave your body alone/
Somebody must change.
Blind Faith’s “Can’t Find My Way Home” is about a toxic relationship that probably involves substance abuse. Not necessarily a romantic relationship but it is possible. Perhaps both parties are guilty of imbibing.
Regardless, the strength of the song lies elsewhere. Each of the musicians have outstanding contributions. Let’s start with the beautiful vocals. They sound so emotional and the melody is so delightful and dreary—Winwood delivers them fantastically. The range he exhibits is impressive.
Clapton plays acoustic guitar here. He is more known for his work on electric guitar. He sounds well equipped to handle it. The intro, fills and solo all sound solid. Baker’s drumming is unconventional as always. He lets the bass keep the time and uses percussion to add flair to the song. Hitting the high hats is a pretty jarring sound. In the outro, Baker goes full out drum solo over the vocal and it rocks.
Blind Faith’s “Can’t Find My Way Home” is the result of yet another one of Eric Clapton’s groups—like Cream and Derrick and the Dominoes. Blind Faith was a supergroup and one-hit wonder.
Blind Faith consisted of Clapton, Steve Winwood, Ginger Baker and Ric Grech. They released one album…with that famous cover. “Can’t Find My Way Home” was the highlight, written and sung by a young Steve Winwood.
Somehow, the Rolling Stone List completely left this song off their all-time greatest songs list!
Can’t Find My Way Home Lyrics
Come down off your throne and leave your body alone.
Somebody must change.
You are the reason I’ve been waiting so long.
Somebody holds the key.
But I’m near the end and I just ain’t got the time.
And I’m wasted and I can’t find my way home.
Come down on your own and leave your body alone.
Somebody must change.
You are the reason I’ve been waiting all these years.
Somebody holds the key.
But I’m near the end and I just ain’t got the time.
And I’m wasted and I can’t find my way home.
But I can’t find my way home.
But I can’t find my way home.
But I can’t find my way home.
And I ain’t done nothing wrong,
But I can’t find my way home.