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Carry On - A Feature By Jennifer Rhodes Cleere

1/28/2021

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Welcome to our Thursday Music Feature! This week Jennifer opens up about how a song has helped her get through some really tough times. I know a lot of people are going through things at the moment and maybe this can help them too.

Be sure to let us know what you think in the comments and if you have songs that help you - please share them!

Jennifer - 

​I’ve been through hell and back. Yes, this article is a little different from what I usually write but I recently found a song that is starting to help me get through what I never thought I could move on from.
 
That song is "Carry On" by Fun. When I first heard it, I was amazed that this song explains everything that I’m feeling with the loss of a very special person.  Now I’m no music connoisseur, but this song made me stop and cry when I thought I couldn’t cry anymore. The lyrics really spoke to me - "I've never been through hell like that", and I haven’t until I lost someone who meant the world to me but just like this song says you have to "carry on, carry on"!  And that’s just what they’d want me to do. It’s still not easy, but when Dave and Susan said some songs can help you get through things that you may be going through, they were definitely right, so I wanted to share this for anyone else that might need it. I hope it helps.
 
“If you're lost and alone, or you're sinking like a stone
Carry on
May your path be the sound of your feet upon the ground
Carry on”

Melanie - 

Firstly I want to thank Jenn for being so open about stuff that has been going on. I know how difficult it has been and I really hope that this can help others too.  I have posted the entire song lyrics below. Even if you find the song is not for you, the lyrics are really powerful.
Carry On - Full Lyrics

Well, I woke up to the sound of silence, the guns

Were cutting like knives in a fist fight
And I found you with a bottle of wine
Your head in the curtains and heart like the Fourth of July

You swore and said we are not
We are not shining stars
This I know, I never said we are

Though I've never been through Hell like that
I've closed enough windows to know you can never look back

If you're lost and alone, or you're sinking like a stone
Carry on
May your path be the sound of your feet upon the ground
Carry on

Carry on, carry on
So I met up with some friends at the edge of the night
At a bar off 75
And we talked and talked about how our parents will die
All our neighbors and wives

But I'd like to think I can cheat it all
To make up for the times I've been cheated on
And it's nice to know when I was left for dead
I was found and now I don't roam these streets

I am not the ghost you want of me
If you're lost and alone or you're sinking like a stone
Carry on
May your path be the sound of your feet upon the ground, and
Carry on

Whoa, my head is on fire, but my legs are fine
After all, they are mine
Lay your clothes down on the floor
Close the door, hold the phones
Show me how no one's ever gonna stop us now
(...)

'Cause we are, we are shining stars
We are invincible, we are who we are
On our darkest day when we're miles away
So we'll come, we will find our way home

If you're lost and alone or you're sinking like a stone
Carry on
May your path be the sound of your feet upon the ground, and
Carry on

Oh-oh-whoa, oh-oh-oh-whoa
Oh, oh, oh-whoa-oh, whoa-oh
Oh-whoa, oh-oh-oh-whoa
Oh, oh, oh-whoa-oh, whoa-oh

No one's ever gonna stop us now
No one's ever, no one's ever gonna, no one's ever gonna stop us now
No one's ever, ever, no one's ever gonna stop us, no one's ever
No one's ever gonna stop us now

Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Nathaniel Joseph Ruess / Jack Antonoff / Jeff Bhasker / Andrew Dost
Carry On lyrics © Wb Music Corp., Sony/atv Songs Llc, Way Above Music, Fbr Music, Bearvon Music, Shira Lee Lawrence Rick Music, Rough Art
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