Carry Me Down Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Vampire_Chick 

Cover art for Carry Me Down lyrics by Demon Hunter

The singer is looking from a perspective wher he would be dying, and he doesn't want his friends to be sad about it. He would much rather look at his friends being happy as he's sitting in Heaven, above the skies of grey. He wants his friends to look at a better side of life, and think of it as if the rain from the skies are washing away all of their pain and sorrow. Some of the lyrics in the song make it obvious that he is being carried in a casket through a church and then buried.
In any case, the singer would like his friends to look at the brighter side of things when he dies, for them to sing songs of Christianity for him so he can hear that they've accepted the turn-out of things.

"Save sorrow for the souls in doubt".
To me, that part means that his friends KNOW he's going to go to Heaven, so they shouldn't be sad because they know he's going to a much better place and to save their sorrow for someone who doesn't know where their friend's going when they die.

Deep song. Demon Hunter's songs are always deep.