![]() ![]() He tries to get out of his confusing feelings to see if he could see the world normally and live happily as it seems everyone else is doing. Just to get a glimpse beyond this illussion. "Once I rose above the noise and confusion, The son is the teenager, who is wayward- either he is rebelling or just feels mixed up inside- the chorus is telling him to carry on bec at the end there will be peace- once he grows out of that stage he will be in better control of his feelings and feel at peace. I see this song about a teenager who feels so much turmoil inside, but tries hide it. This is a little different than what everyone else has been say- but i first heard this song when I was going through a very emotionally trying adolescent stage. ![]() Tossed about, I'm like a ship on the ocean Though my mind could think, I still was a mad man Though my eyes could see, I still was a blind man Just to get a glimpse beyond this illusion It was written two days before they started setting up to record Leftoverture.Once I rose above the noise and confusion It proved to be prophetic.”Ĭarry On Wayward Son became their first major hit, and just like “ Dust In The Wind,” (group’s second hit), it was a last-minute to be added on their album. The positive note at the end (‘Surely heaven waits for you’) seemed strange and premature, but I felt impelled to include it in the lyrics. I saw myself as the ‘Wayward Son,’ alienated from the ultimate reality, and yet striving to know it or him. “I felt a profound urge to ‘Carry On’ and continue the search. When Livgren became an Evangelical Christian in 1980, according to him most of his song writing became all about “ searching.” He hears the voices in his dreams suggesting he is still haunted by his pasts, feeling remorse for killing or contributing to what he now thinks as wrong, he’s cynical of the glorification of war and expresses his contempt with it.Īccording to the writer’s explanation, the song was not intended to tackle or express anything specifically religious, however, it expresses some spiritual and same ideas. “Surely heaven waits for you” – someday he will leave the horror of battle to a more pleasant place, maybe by death, or it could again be the product of the belief that what he is doing is right and he will make it to heaven. The lyrics -“There’ll be peace when you are done” tend to lead people into thinking this is all about war but it is also a battle within himself, “Masquerading as a man with a reason” – he’s struggling to hold onto the belief that his side or his choice is correct, and that there is a reason for the violence, he start to doubt this justification, he battles within himself. ![]() Written by guitarist Kerry Livgren it was released for their 1976 album “Leftoverture” Hitting charts internationally, it quickly become one of their most popular songs played throughout TV series and films makes a great addition to their albums. Kansas – Carry on My Wayward Son – Lyrics Meaning This song is 96th on VH1s 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs. All initial releases of the single had a B-side of “Questions of My Childhood,” continuing the tradition of Kansas and many other bands with multiple songwriters of putting a song by the bands other primary writer on the B-side of any single. This version was a much shorter version of the song, edited down to 3:26, a version that was also the bands only single to chart in the UK, reaching the top 60 there. The 7″ single has been certified Gold by the RIAA. In 1977, the song peaked at #11 on the Billboard pop singles chart, becoming their first Top 40 hit. “Carry On Wayward Son” is a progressive rock single recorded by Kansas and written by Kerry Livgren for their 1976 album Leftoverture. Description: PROMO B/W QUESTION OF MY CHILDHOOD
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