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. According to Livgren, the song was not written to express anything specifically religious, though it certainly expresses spiritual searching and other ideas. “I felt a profound urge to ‘Carry On’ and continue the search,” said Livgren in a 1984 interview. 'Carry On Wayward Son' was written by Kansas guitarist Kerry Livgren for their 1976 album Leftoverture. ChristianityĪlthough Livgren became an evangelical Christian in 1980, he said the songs he wrote up until that point, including “Carry On Wayward Son” and the band’s 1977 hit “Dust in the Wind”-weren’t religious but centered more about “searching” for something. “Carry On Wayward Son” is also linked to their song “The Pinnacle,” the closing track on the band’s previous album Masque, as a continuation of the lyrics I stood where no man goes / Above the din I rose / Life is amusing though we are losing / Drowned in tears of awe. Though my mind could think, I still was a mad man Our country is messed up, but few things top the sick and disgusting things that are. Though my eyes could see, I still was a blind man This song is about the horrendous living conditions in the state of Kansas. Just to get a glimpse beyond this illusion Once I rose above the noise and confusion
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