Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
Used to dream until I stopped writing fiction
All right well that's not true
Maybe it ended when I ended competition
Because I'd always lose
My therapist could never classify conditions
Alright whats wrong already
My pharmacist had better fill up my prescriptions
Here just take two of these and call me in the morning
Oh oh oh won't you carry me home
It's the last time in life that I'll ever try
The streets were flooded and in the tides were pessimists
So I just dove right in I felt at home
I felt alive I felt that I fit in
So I'll just keep dreaming
Wait for the wind to blow
Can't carry myself can't carry me home
On my own will
Wait for the wind to blow
Can't bury myself can't carry us both
On my own will
All right well that's not true
Maybe it ended when I ended competition
Because I'd always lose
My therapist could never classify conditions
Alright whats wrong already
My pharmacist had better fill up my prescriptions
Here just take two of these and call me in the morning
Oh oh oh won't you carry me home
It's the last time in life that I'll ever try
The streets were flooded and in the tides were pessimists
So I just dove right in I felt at home
I felt alive I felt that I fit in
So I'll just keep dreaming
Wait for the wind to blow
Can't carry myself can't carry me home
On my own will
Wait for the wind to blow
Can't bury myself can't carry us both
On my own will
Lyrics submitted by thatgirlnamedbiz
Carry Me Home Lyrics as written by Alexandra Louise Wilson Patrick Timothy Shanahan
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Spirit Music Group
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i think that the guy has horribble claustrophobia problems and that the people couldnt fix it so he has to go everywhere with someone so that when he gets claustrophobic he has someone to carry him home when he passes out because he cant carry himself home then in the end he goes somewhere without someone and he pases out and dies and cant bury himself or the person whos suppossed to be with him because they will be charged for murder and will get the chair!
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I think it's about depression: he doesn't dream anymore, he can't seem to succeed in anything he tried to do ("I'd always lose"), the therapist is no help and just gives him more pills. He's being drowned by a tide of pessimists, etc.
And then in the third verse, he actuall dream, though he previously stated he couldn't, and he dreams that he feels like he fits in.
Saying "Carry me home" is just asking to find a place where he feels like he belongs.
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I think this song is ment to be a reflection." Used to dream until I stopped writing fiction All right well that’s not true Maybe it ended when I ended competition Because I’d always lose" I also agree with noseovertail711 on the carry me home place where he belongs. Also i think this part" Wait for the wind to blow Can’t carry myself can’t carry me home On my own will Can't let you go just yet Can't bury my self can't carry us both On my own will" is about waiting for some sort of catalyst to get things movng because the person does not feel thay can do it alone. The other person that was mentioned "can't carry us both on my own will" is someone the person is trying to help along with themself.
I think this song is ment to be a reflection." Used to dream until I stopped writing fiction All right well that’s not true Maybe it ended when I ended competition Because I’d always lose" I also agree with noseovertail711 on the carry me home place where he belongs. Also i think this part" Wait for the wind to blow Can’t carry myself can’t carry me home On my own will Can't let you go just yet Can't bury my self can't carry us both On my own will" is about waiting for some sort of catalyst to get things movng because the person does not feel thay can do it alone. The other person that was mentioned "can't carry us both on my own will" is someone the person is trying to help along with themself.
I agree with noseovertail, but with him saying he "Can't carry [himself]", like he's so overloaded with burden he needs someone to "carry [him] home."
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