Carrying On
Embracing Life's Fragility with Kacy & Clayton's 'Carrying On'
Lyrics
Somehow we got here
Expressing surprise at the current situation or state
All in this room
Referring to everyone present in a particular space or situation
Well, it's so filled with bliss
Contrasting emotions of happiness and foreboding
And so filled with doom
Emphasizing a mix of positive and negative feelings
We're all dying together
Highlighting the commonality of mortality among everyone
Somehow we're laughing
Expressing amusement or joy despite awareness of uncertainty
Carrying on when we know in an instant
Persisting despite the knowledge that everything could end suddenly
It all could be gone
Acknowledging the precariousness of existence
We're all dying here together
Reiterating the shared experience of mortality
Life don't cost nothing
Life is invaluable, but it consumes time
But your sweet time
Time is the only currency needed in life
And you know you'd be spending it anyway
Implying that time will be spent regardless, so value each moment
So hold every minute
Suggesting to cherish each moment as it's precious
Like it's your last dime
Comparing cherishing moments to conserving money
For the good lord could take it from you any day
Warns of the unpredictability of life's duration
Sometimes I think that I'm the only one
Feeling isolated in fear of the passage of time
Who fears every second before it's begun
Preemptive anxiety about the uncertain future
We're all dying together
Reiterating the shared mortality anxiety
Sometimes I think that I'm the only one
Feeling alone in perceiving the lack of positivity
Who looks to the sky and can't find the sun
Sensing a persistent absence of positivity or hope
We're all dying here together
Emphasizing the communal experience of mortality
Life don't cost nothing
Life costs time, the most valuable resource
But your sweet time
Reiteration of time as life's essential cost
And you know you'd be spending it anyway
Reinforcing the inevitability of time expenditure
So hold every minute
Encouragement to treasure each moment like money
Like it's your last dime
Metaphorically valuing each moment as if it's the last
For the good lord could take it from you any day
Warning about the unpredictability of life's duration
Someday the dim lights of our night life will fade
Future prediction of the fading of current experiences
With the sand in the ashtray
Symbolic reference to the passing of time
We'll be tossed away
Indicating disposability or insignificance
We're all dying together
Reiterating the communal mortality experience
Someday the comfort of kinship we knew will
Expectation of the disappearance of familiar connections
All disappear down that dark avenue
Symbolizing the lonely passage toward death
Till we all die alone
Highlighting the inevitability of individual mortality
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