its amazing how far music can come.. 24 years after it released and its one of the most heartfelt songs ive heard
When lights go down, I see no reason
For you to cry, we've been through this before
In every time, in every season
God knows I've tried
So please don't ask for more
Can't you see it in my eyes?
That this might be our last goodbye
Carrie
Carrie
Things they change my friend, whoa oh
Carrie
Carrie
Maybe we'll meet again
Somewhere, again
I read your mind with no intentions
Of being unkind, I wish I could explain
It all takes time
Whole lot of patience
If it's a crime, how come I feel no pain?
Can't you see it in my eyes?
That this might be our last goodbye
(Oh ho ho)
Carrie
Carrie
Oh, things they change my friend
Whoa oh
Carrie
Carrie
Maybe we'll meet again
Oh
Can't you see it in my eyes?
That this might be our last goodbye
(Oh ho ho)
Oh
Carrie
Carrie
Oh, things they change
Carrie, Carrie, Carrie (Oh ho ho)
Carrie
Carrie
Maybe we'll meet again
Oh, somewhere again
When lights go down
For you to cry, we've been through this before
In every time, in every season
God knows I've tried
So please don't ask for more
Can't you see it in my eyes?
That this might be our last goodbye
Carrie
Carrie
Things they change my friend, whoa oh
Carrie
Carrie
Maybe we'll meet again
Somewhere, again
I read your mind with no intentions
Of being unkind, I wish I could explain
It all takes time
Whole lot of patience
If it's a crime, how come I feel no pain?
Can't you see it in my eyes?
That this might be our last goodbye
(Oh ho ho)
Carrie
Carrie
Oh, things they change my friend
Whoa oh
Carrie
Carrie
Maybe we'll meet again
Oh
Can't you see it in my eyes?
That this might be our last goodbye
(Oh ho ho)
Oh
Carrie
Carrie
Oh, things they change
Carrie, Carrie, Carrie (Oh ho ho)
Carrie
Carrie
Maybe we'll meet again
Oh, somewhere again
When lights go down
Carrie Lyrics as written by Gunnar Michaeli Joey Tempest
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Tunecore
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This song is rocket fuel for my mid-life crisis.<br /> <br /> It was January 1982 and I was 19 years old. I had a girlfriend named Carrie who really liked me. I really liked her as well and had never felt more comfortable with a person in my life. Although we had not known each other for more than 2 months, she gave me a bracelet for Christmas that had her name on it so that I would remember her when I went out of town to my university 4 hours away. Then, I did a horrible thing. In a moment of a rushed bad decision to hang out with a new girl at school, and at this new girls insistent alcohol-induced behest, I wrote her to tell her I was breaking up with her - just like that. I remember the letter I got back from her and showed it to this "new" girl (who ended up lasting me 3 months as she moved on to another one of my fraternity brothers!). I remember this new girl freaking out when she read the letter because she said ":this girl is suicidal!" By then I thought it was all too late. This was in the days before email, so it took forever to send and receive letters. Flash forward to 2014. I still feel guilty and don't want her to hate me. This song now brings me to tears (although I must state that I am very very happy with my life as it is now and i would not change a thing).
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