Lyric discussion by ilikepork 

Cover art for Carousel lyrics by Linkin Park

I think the first verse is about a girl who was raped and is still tormented about it. The second verse is about a boy who is addicted to drugs. He thinks he doesn't have a problem and that he could quit if he wanted to. But he doesn't know how dependant he is. Even if he wanted to quit it would be doubly hard because his friends also have an addiction to drugs. If he got off them he would see how the drugs are slowly destroying his friends. This in itself would be enough to drive him back to taking drugs.

"She/He can only fool himself for so long(x4) I'm too weak to face me" Those are my favorite lines in the song. It's saying that Although that the characters in this song don't want to believe that they have problems, one day their going to have to face everything. The second line is them screaming that they don't want to deal with these things because they're too weak to take a good look at themselves and see who they are. They'd rather pretend that everythigs fine, that they can handle everything.

"Try to fly with the wings I gave you Try to do what you believe and I'll save you" I'm not sure about this part but I think a person who loves either of the characters is speaking to them. They are telling them try to hold on for a little while and then the'll come to rescue them and make everything better.

"I never know just why you run So far away, far away from me" But they are still fooling themselves and they run away from this person who would have saved them from themselves. This person is saying that they don't know why they're running away from them when they could've helped.

@ilikepork I think that "Fly with me under the wings I gave you, Try to be closer to me and I'll save you" line is kinda related to God, that's what God's speaking to those kids. And "I never know just why you run So far away, far away from me" line is also God's speech. And the other is all about inner fight and how you're losing yourself with in it... That's why there's line "I'm too weak to face me" I don't know, maybe I'm too religious.