Perfume Genius - Take Me Home Lyrics






Take me home, tend me
Baby, lay me down easy
For I have grown weary on my own
Ohhhh, all alone
I wither and I bruise
I run my mouth like a fool

I'll be so quiet for you
Look like a child for you
Be like a shadow of a shadow,
Of a shadow for you

Take me home, tend me,
Baby, lay me down easy
For I have grown weary on my own
Ohhh, all alone,
I wander aimless
I work the corner of an endless grid

I'll be so still for you
Like a dead dog
Lay there till my eyes pop,
Ohhh all for you





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  1. J.... B....

    This is what love sounds like

  2. G.... L....

    john cameron mitchell is like his soul brother...

  3. A.... R....

    why is he so hot in this......

  4. G.... S....

    Ouvi em Unreal e me apaixonei ❤️

  5. �.... �....

    oh God, how amazing, really genius!

  6. T.... J....

    what in the ENDLESS CREATION!its HEAVELY FATHERT THE prophet elijah ! ia
    m ten trillion percent serious ckids! click my name hit media tweet
    portfolio scroll borttom to top all three pages then go to my facebook
    lose 11119% of your minds tell everyone you know! RUN KIDS!  🐒🦓

  7. z.... ....

    shut the fuck up i love him so much

  8. C.... ....

    In love with his smile! :)

  9. C.... ....

    lol I love the description in the description.

  10. U.... C....

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jFav_kKHvU Soundtrack on UnREAL. You're Welcome.

  11. h.... ....

    Take me home, tend to me
    Baby lay me down easy
    For I have grown weary on my own

    All alone
    I wither and I bruise
    I run my mouth like a fool

    I'll be so quiet for you
    Look like a child for you
    Be like a shadow of a shadow
    Of a shadow for you

    Take me home, tend to me
    Baby lay me down easy
    For I have grown weary on my own

    All alone
    I wonder aimless
    I work the corner of an endless grid

    I'll be so still for you
    Like a dead dog
    Lay there 'til my eyes pop
    All for you

  12. D.... ....

    The way he eats a twinkie, while sitting on the ground of a gas station, smiling at the end is literally the biggest mood.

  13. s.... s....

    I can feel this song, its message and the feeling of the video. it's like it's 5 am in the morning, a sleepless night. I love you Mike.

  14. V.... ....

    This is so good. I've been listening to this song for so long and am just now seeing the video.

  15. N.... S....

    Foreplay haha nice

  16. J.... M....

    Brilliant Genius

  17. M.... O....

    "You're not a monster" :'(

  18. J.... K....

    ha GAYYYYY

  19. F.... V....

    Um dos clipes mais incríveis, simples e sinceros que já assisti

  20. K.... P....

    Mmmm, twinkies.

  21. l.... k....

    how can an artist as talented as perfume genius be so underrated?!

    l.... k....

    He's too queer for the mainstream. Flamboyant and femme gay men still get the short shrift in popular media. If you're a butch, masc gay they'll tolerate you, but if you start to queen it up its nah. Not fair.

  22. B.... R....

    muito lindo

  23. N.... ....

    I love Milo Yiannopoulos

    N.... ....

    ur probably in the wrong place in several ways

  24. p.... l....

    LOve <3

  25. J.... W....

    This song is transcendent!

  26. E.... c....

    unreal brought me here

  27. A.... W....

    Some of my favorite songs are from this gay guy.

    A.... W....

    couldn't have said it any better😂..

    A.... W....

    Well, yes, imho; try this "Some of my favorite songs are from this guy."

  28. B.... S....

    Mike Hadreas is ten times cuter than me and I adore him <3

  29. R.... S....

    it takes a guy to portray the perfect girl

  30. H.... V....

    je ne sais pas quoi dire à part que c'est très bon

  31. S.... ....

    I'm so jealous of his legs though like really..

  32. a.... l....

    i loved this haircut on him

  33. l.... ....

    Beautiful genius

  34. V.... L....

    He's just adorable. I wanna give him a big hug. His second album is so sad, and in a real, honest way. Sometimes I find sad themes in music is almost. Glorified. In a way that it becomes cliché and not authentic. Perfume genius is simply, speaking through his music. His music sounds very intimate. As if he's voicing these mumbled thoughts through music. Genius in song writing. Sorry my English sucks. There's more I want to say but I have trouble finding words.

    V.... L....

    +Vicky Liu woah I really like that description. it's true! his music is very visceral but not in a sentimental or contrived way

    V.... L....

    +djazr haha Thank you, glad you feel the same way.

    V.... L....

    Vicky Liu what a beautiful way to describe this experience Perfume Genius is ♡

    V.... L....

    At least his latest album shows he's in a lighter place! Yet still beautiful amd poignant.

  35. A.... Y....

    one of my fav perfume genius songs, always gets me

  36. A.... C....

    Great video!

  37. A.... C....

    Great video!

  38. c.... k....

    The show "Unreal" brought me here great song and great show

    c.... k....

    "You're not a monster." 😢

    c.... k....

    +Whinter Majors yup

    c.... k....

    No. I am not. Thanks. :-).

    c.... k....

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jFav_kKHvU Soundtrack on UnREAL. You're welcome.

  39. i.... ....

    God, he's so cute in this one. Love the music, love the video. Kind of want the shoes.

  40. n.... ....

    50 chicks hates the way he pulls off those heels Xx/

  41. m.... ....

    Question: why are all the "straight" men on this prefacing their liking of the music with the fact that they aren't gay, as if liking music by someone who is gay means your gay..... its like the NO HOMO movement of the early 2000's ..... i thought we were over the whole gay meaning bad thing ..... guess not .... i guess "straight" men are still insecure about their sexuality ......

    m.... ....

    @modestrocker1 Typical homosexual thinking from you there, classic example of gay man who want and thinks all other men are gay too.

    m.... ....

    Richard Murray it always amuses me when straight men claim that gay men think and want all other men to be gay. It's such an oblivious, privileged thing to say. Do you not realize that straight men do exactly that when they meet other men, unless the man is visible swishing, and then they get extremely uncomfortable around men they know are gay, and wish they were straight instead. What you're doing is classic projection.

    m.... ....

    Richard Murray no one said anything about thinking all men are gay are you an idot?

    m.... ....

    listen to the song without watching the video you will see anyone can enjoy this song

  42. C.... R....

    this dude would even get ran over in a lot of a truck stop. satan please take my soul now. this is almost as bad as ariel pink. 

    C.... R....

    he can smell but i guess he didnt watch the blue man group. 

  43. J.... ....

    Straight but like this guy' songs... He's truly bizarre!!!

    J.... ....

    What does being straight have to do with enjoying this music?

    J.... ....

    +palbo4 calm down TubeZilla

    J.... ....

    @hamad saheem Lol

    J.... ....

    A deep craving for love is not limited to Gays, Straights, Trans, etc. You like the metal, the voice, the beat.....now you know the artist.... and his genius. Oh, yeah, he's gay.....extremely.

  44. B.... S....

    Lovelovelove! 

  45. K.... S....

    sounded like he said he works a corner at an la square haha he's cool

  46. M.... ....

    As a straight man with a girlfriend and child I will say this song is beautiful and Michael is a great song writer

    M.... ....

    why do you have to frame it around you being straight, that's just highlighting gay people as "different". You don't hear gay people saying, "as a gay person with a longtime partner and three cats, I really think Jack White is just a great songwriter." I know you're trying to be nice and this comment is three years old, but this is exactly the sort of language that divides us without us even realizing.

  47. T.... Z....

    feelings  

  48. S.... B....

    Beautiful :'(

  49. J.... B....

    I wonder if he would name Paul Simon as a musical influence...I feel like this is very Paul Simon-y.  The storytelling nature, the imagery and the voice.

    J.... B....

    I thought he was similar to The Beatles when I heard 'Queen', but u are right. His voice in that song sounds like The Beatles tho

    J.... B....

    Indeed! Paul Simony is defo what I thought too (with a slightly more moody edge/tint to it though!)!
    Just G L O R I O U S.

    J.... B....

    Well put Kev and I agree :)

    J.... B....

    Anthony and the Johnson is close though

  50. j.... ....

    This guy is incredible. I love everything he does.

  51. S.... ....

     could watch this video over and over again

  52. P.... L....

    Oh, you mean Lyric Genuis? 

  53. B.... C....

    is he gay or a transvestite?

    B.... C....

    Gay and likes to crossdress occasionally.

    B.... C....

    Bartolomeu Carvalho a human

  54. P.... ....

    This song is so calming, and the video is one of the best I have seen.

  55. G.... M....

    He can take me home anytime he wants...love the guy and his music...

  56. L.... W....

    So fab.

  57. H.... O....

    it would have been better  seven inch heels!! :p

  58. C.... C....

    Don't hate me, but I would love to hear him sing this as a duet with Lana Del Rey. Either way it's the only kind of love song I love. Over-dramatic and a little twisted. 

    C.... C....

    +Carrie Carden lana del ray blows. she'd bring the song down

    C.... C....

    Carrie, I totally agree and was thinking the same thing when I heard this one.

  59. l.... ....

    so sexy so hot <3 :) so good music

  60. f.... ....

    @Marcelo Lait medíocre

  61. j.... ....

    I can't help but smile when he smiles at the end :)

  62. M.... L....

    Nojo é uma palavra leve pra descrever isso. Qual o problema de ser gay sendo homem? Por que querer virar mulher? Porra, quer dar a bunda, OK, vai lá, mas querer viver como se não tivesse pinto é uma aberração.

    O mesmo vale para mulheres. Acho lindo ver uma lésbica feminina, fica mais atraente e sensual, mas mulher querer virar homem, masculinizar, puta merda, é ridículo demais.

    M.... L....

    Sério que você veio até aqui para escrever esse comentário nojento? Nojo é o que você acabou de expressar com suas palavras ridículas e sem sentido. Ninguém vem ao mundo do jeito que você quer, com as caixas que você determina e muito menos com o padrão imposto por você.

    Então vai se fuder

    M.... L....

    Faz dois anos que escrevi esse comentário, certamente não usaria as mesmas palavras hoje. O que quis passar foi apenas a MINHA opinião, sentimento, sobre o assunto. Não acho que as pessoas devam viver a meu modo, mas realmente não gosto de ver mulheres masculinas e homens afeminados, acho feio, embora conviva tranquilamente com a homossexualidade de alguns amigos. Claro que muitas vezes a pessoa não tem escolha, os trejeitos aparecem naturalmente. Entendo tudo isso e respeito. Mas não gosto.

    O que expressei foi o que sinto, não caguei regra alguma. E qualquer pessoa é livre pra discordar, para achar nojento e, também, se quiser, para ir se foder.

    M.... L....

    Marcelo há coisas mais nojentas no mundo para se sentir enojado do que um homem afeminado ou uma mulher masculinizada.

    E o fato de você não gostar talvez seja imaturidade mesmo. Nem todo mundo consegue entender o mundo e ainda que não queira, acaba estabelecendo padrões para todo mundo.

    M.... L....

    Quem está estabelecendo padrões é você. Quem disse que TODAS as pessoas do planeta devem concordar com o que VOCÊ acha certo? _Ninguém vem ao mundo do jeito que você quer, com as caixas que você determina e muito menos com o padrão imposto por você._ Não foi isso que disse pra mim? Pois é.

    Uma pessoa madura é aquela que sabe conviver com as diferenças sem se deixar abalar. Sim, é um clichê, mas poucos conseguem, eis a verdade. E você certamente não faz parte dos poucos, já que se aborrece e fica cagando regra dizendo que o outro está errado por pensar como pensa. Haja INCOERÊNCIA! Por que só você pode dizer o que é certo e errado?

    Como eu disse, NÃO tenho nenhum problema com a homossexualidade. NENHUM. Meus amigos gays sabem exatamente o que penso sobre eles e nenhum reclama. Tem gente que usa bigode e eu acho horrível, cafona, mas e daí? Eu tenho barba e há quem não goste. Seja corte, cor, roupa, comida ou o lado em que prefira sentir prazer, isso é de ordem pessoal e precisa ser respeitado. E o princípio é o mesmo para a Opinião: cada um tem a sua e deve ser respeitada. Somente o imaturo se incomoda, xinga e caga regra, pagando de intelectual.

    Deixa de mimimi e respeite o modo de ser dos outros. *Eu não acho você errado* por não ver problema em homem afeminado ou mulher masculinizada. OK, é você. Tranquilo. Mas eu sou diferente.

    Quer mesmo discutir maturidade e estabelecimento de padrões?

  63. J.... J....

    I'm drawing so many parallels between him and Diamond Rings.
    Kindred spirits they are :)

    J.... J....

    Didn't know about Diamond Rings before, thanks!

    J.... J....

    @Milena Danilović No problem at all! :)

    J.... J....

    I don't see it but "Diamond Rings" is really fun, from what I saw.  Diamond Rings actually put me in mind of Neon Trees.

  64. b.... m....

    I just found them ...are they gay just wondering .

    b.... m....

    Not "them" actually. Perfume Genius is just a stage name. Mike (the singer) is a solo artist. And yeah, he is gay. 

  65. A.... P....

    He is so... <3

  66. L.... T....

    i love this more than anything. omfg. 

  67. J.... O....

    Everything this man has done lately is just golden. Need more!

  68. R.... ....

    great legs?

    R.... ....

    great hair

  69. a.... v....

    This song is genius

  70. E.... M....

    Brillante! Lo pude escuchar en el Corona Capital 2013 en DF. Me encanta. @edgarcio

  71. e.... ....

    just listen to de fucking music. music isn't gay/straight.
    video's great, by the gay :)

  72. k.... ....

    So... gay is ok but in this case only as long as it is subdued in character according to your threshold? Limit of 1 per customer? Also what you're suggesting hardly constitutes a stereotype, not all artists touch on their sexuality in song-making in the same way necessarily, and while his songs are universally gripping emotionally, it's his right to embody them himself. It's culturally significant.

  73. N.... ....

    Eating a cake he looks like a koala :D

  74. B.... �....

    wow... just wow... you have obviously done no research whatsoever or read others research on this matter. But good for you to blurt things like this out as a defence mecanism to keep believing whatever the f*** you like no matter how false it actually is. This way you can also keep buying/paying prostitutes with a good conscience.

  75. J.... G....

    yeah i do admit that this video and his "hood" vid do make me kindof uncomfortable, but thats also why i really respect him as an artist. im trying to write music myself but im struggling to write honestly. i hold myself back and i write what i think i should write or what would sound smart. so i find hadreas as a big source of inspiration.

  76. s.... ....

    you are really genius, man.

  77. a.... t....

    Also I think some of you are super 'angry' and 'afraid' because you actually find him super attractive and it confuses you.

  78. a.... t....

    This is very beautiful and moving, and its so, incredibly sad to me that some of us are so trapped in a tight box of what we've been told is 'right' and 'beautiful' that we'd actually go so far as to hurt each other for daring to be our selves and express ourselves.

  79. T.... ....

    I don't know what it is about femininity in men that makes people so hostile. Whenever someone says a guy sounds or looks "like a girl" it pisses me off. How the fuck can you act like a girl? Are feminine men breaking some scientific law of physics by being themselves? Girls and guys can act and dress however they want. If you don't like the way a person acts, it better be because of their personality and not because they're "a guy who acts like a girl" or vice versa.

    T.... ....

    TommyCycles i agree 100 percent

  80. e.... ....

    Wow. Somebody I can actually relate to. Fucking awesome.

  81. j.... ....

    those nights i walk home alone.

  82. d.... ....

    Amazing song, amazing video.

    (By the way, as a reminder to people who seem to have forgotten their heads or never actually read about something they don't understand, a large portion of people who crossdress are, in fact, straight.)

  83. S.... S....

    thats bull shit he's being himself

  84. L.... X....

    The video with his mom didn't seem so gay.

  85. D.... ....

    What a fabulous artist and amazing songwriter and performer ! Show some respect, if you are a true Christian !

  86. S.... R....

    This video is just...art. He's such a bad ass, but like a new breed of bad ass.

  87. J.... B....

    "you can be gay and still present yourself respectfully"
    Bullshit you should be able to act and dress however makes you happy who are you to tell someone not to be themselves
    Kindly go fuck yourself

  88. b.... ....

    you can be gay and still present yourself respectfully.

  89. l.... ....

    There is a difference between sexual orientation, sexual identity and gender identity. Mike Hadreas is clearly a homossexual, but further than that he is also someone whose gender is dual, meaning that his gender is queer hence bending the normative gender rules that only recognize two genders, male and female. Please inform yourself before blabbering on and on about archaic concepts of sexuality and gender.

  90. A.... C....

    I have the weirdest boner right now

  91. B.... B....

    This actually sort of hurts watching thinking of my friend, he prostitutes himself to fund an addiction. It's heartbreaking to think about how MANY people do that, daily.

  92. M.... R....


    Simplesmente AMO!!!

  93. R.... C....

    So you can be gay, just don't dare sing about something that is a prominent part of your life. Don't sing about the constant discrimination you face. Don't sing about the things that actually bring out heavy emotions in you. No, don't dare do that. That would be boring. Sing about vapid, meaningless things instead.
    What about the countless artists that write love song after love song after love song? Do you get tired of the straight themes they use all the time?

  94. T.... N....

    Better than Elton John. Please, dont kill me fans <3

  95. T.... ....

    okay, that's how u interpret it. i really doubt he is trying to fit any stereotypes, although im sure u could put him in them. watch an interview of him, he's much too genuine of a person to be like that.

  96. r.... ....

    I just love it do much. I don't know what to do with myself. I fucking love him.

  97. Z.... S....

    marry me mister

  98. c.... ....

    wow he's adorable :>