Song Description
To "Carry a Torch" for someone is to hold feelings and emotions for them. The narrator remains in love with a person who never felt the same way. The narrator remembers how good it felt to be with that person even though the lack of reciprocity in the relationship still stings. The song also describes how broken relationships change people's perspective on the world. As the lyric says, "I used to see the world with eyes so open wide but now I am going blind." Teiresias in Greek mythology was the blind seer; the narrator of "Carry a Torch" is "going blind" but is able to reflect on his/her lost love with great clarity.
| Song Length |
5:01 |
Genre |
Pop - General |
| Subject |
Lost Love, Heartbreak |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Title: Carry a Torch
Lyrics and Music by James Rustad Copyright 2003
Many years have passed
Many roads and paths
Then you came to me
If only in a dream
The shadows of the night
They block out all of the light
I used to see the world
With eyes so open wide
Well now I am going blind
Your touch your smell your taste so sweet
I can?t forget about it
Anticipation when we meet
I just can?t live without it
I guess it?s time that I admit that I still walk around and
Carry a torch for you
Carry a torch for you
Still carry a torch for you
I thought you saw my eyes
So devoid of lies
Burning kindle fire
Singular desire
But it?s just another fling
And it just don?t mean a thing
I used to hold you close
With arms so open wide
Well now I am going blind
Your touch your smell your taste so sweet
I can?t forget about it
Anticipation when we meet
I just can?t live without it
I guess it?s time that I admit that I still walk around and
Carry a torch for you
Carry a torch for you
Still carry a torch for you