I are of the mind. its a lost love..long gone that wrecked a man many years before....
I carry my Carrie (Kathy) with me who died 18 yrs or so ago after a long fight with brain cancer..
I carried her many many times in search of a cure..there wasnt one and she died in my arms looking into my eyes trying to tell me something she never had the strength to.. (try living with that)...
we were childhood sweathearts and had almost 20 yrs together starting out with nothing to gaining something in life...
I still love her and I still miss her and almost cry a lot still and the frustration and emotion you feel in that song is very real as I too have that.
To me the song is saying this man had nothing left after Carrie went as he was living with her in his mind and still speaking to her (as I do)...he could do anything for her or to get to her even climb that mountain if she were only there to point the right direction (as I could)...as he has lost all direction since losing her..much as I did for 5 yrs after losing my Kathy and still to this day...I live with my regrets as he is with his..
@redly40 Hi, I am so sorry for your loss of your beloved Kathy. This is a song that strikes the human heart to its core. My name is Carrie, I am now 49 years old and my father used to sing this song to me in the 70's when I was a little girl. I did not know then, but I have know now for decades that he was an alcoholic. He loved me with all his heart and he needed me to carry him. I tried to do that,. I was the oldest and most responsible...
@redly40 Hi, I am so sorry for your loss of your beloved Kathy. This is a song that strikes the human heart to its core. My name is Carrie, I am now 49 years old and my father used to sing this song to me in the 70's when I was a little girl. I did not know then, but I have know now for decades that he was an alcoholic. He loved me with all his heart and he needed me to carry him. I tried to do that,. I was the oldest and most responsible child of his 4 children. He left us when I was 12. Pretty much never to be heard from again. He passed away about 4 years ago (2014), I had only seen him twice in 20 y\fears. I literally have felt for decades that this song was written about me and my dad. He was in such a sad state, He needed me to lean on, but I was still a little girl. This song will stay with me until my last day, Just offering you a different perspective.. Do not live with regrets, move forward as much as you can.You loved your Kathy, You did what you could for her. Respect what you have done and look to making the rest of your time here peaceful.
I are of the mind. its a lost love..long gone that wrecked a man many years before.... I carry my Carrie (Kathy) with me who died 18 yrs or so ago after a long fight with brain cancer.. I carried her many many times in search of a cure..there wasnt one and she died in my arms looking into my eyes trying to tell me something she never had the strength to.. (try living with that)... we were childhood sweathearts and had almost 20 yrs together starting out with nothing to gaining something in life... I still love her and I still miss her and almost cry a lot still and the frustration and emotion you feel in that song is very real as I too have that.
To me the song is saying this man had nothing left after Carrie went as he was living with her in his mind and still speaking to her (as I do)...he could do anything for her or to get to her even climb that mountain if she were only there to point the right direction (as I could)...as he has lost all direction since losing her..much as I did for 5 yrs after losing my Kathy and still to this day...I live with my regrets as he is with his..
@redly40 Hi, I am so sorry for your loss of your beloved Kathy. This is a song that strikes the human heart to its core. My name is Carrie, I am now 49 years old and my father used to sing this song to me in the 70's when I was a little girl. I did not know then, but I have know now for decades that he was an alcoholic. He loved me with all his heart and he needed me to carry him. I tried to do that,. I was the oldest and most responsible...
@redly40 Hi, I am so sorry for your loss of your beloved Kathy. This is a song that strikes the human heart to its core. My name is Carrie, I am now 49 years old and my father used to sing this song to me in the 70's when I was a little girl. I did not know then, but I have know now for decades that he was an alcoholic. He loved me with all his heart and he needed me to carry him. I tried to do that,. I was the oldest and most responsible child of his 4 children. He left us when I was 12. Pretty much never to be heard from again. He passed away about 4 years ago (2014), I had only seen him twice in 20 y\fears. I literally have felt for decades that this song was written about me and my dad. He was in such a sad state, He needed me to lean on, but I was still a little girl. This song will stay with me until my last day, Just offering you a different perspective.. Do not live with regrets, move forward as much as you can.You loved your Kathy, You did what you could for her. Respect what you have done and look to making the rest of your time here peaceful.