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Carried Away

by Jae Laffer

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'Carried Away' has a feeling of life seen from a distance and this is true of the 'Dream of Life' album too - the common thread is a feeling of the shared experience we have navigating life and its surreal nature, its trials, its beauty and its mystery.

‘Carried away’ is the feeling of waking up on planet earth and not knowing where you were before this. It’s getting lost in the stories of your mind. It’s falling in love. It’s finding yourself deep down a path you don’t recognise. It’s surrendering to all of these things and it’s drifting away at the end of it all to who knows where.

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Like the child comes of age
the professors turn the page
someone’s baby in a jealous rage
all get carried away

I was lost for many days
many years, out of play
oh, but how can I explain
that I was carried away

under Mona Lisa's gaze
the painted sky hit the frame
where the sunlight left a stain
as she was carried away

All i wanna do is hold on tight,
tighter than the tightest knot
once the mirror showed me who I was,
now it shows me who I'm not

as i began to fly, like the earth in a spaceman's eye
who sees the night, is just the day,
when it gets carried away

and the day it comes to pass
and the ceremony starts
and the guests begin to laugh as the priest gets carried away

But the moment doesn't last
they shut the door to the car
and she waves out from the glass
as they get carried away …deep within a dream

as a weight lifts from my heart
and my body fell apart
I could only sit back and laugh
as i was carried away, carried away, carried away

credits

released March 12, 2024
Mixed by Dylan Olivierre
Mastered by Adam Dempsey
Written and Produced by Jae Laffer
Strings by Lucy Rash
Backing Vocals by Catherine Archer
Percussion by Jack Hill

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“Jae Laffer’s vivid songs have a voice of their own - Modern hymns for a generation, anthems of rash joy and quiet heartbreak”- Daily Mail UK

“Laffer has always been a rich and evocative storyteller, whether he’s narrating small-town road trips or reflecting on those halcyon days hanging out in his native Perth”. Rolling Stone Magazine ... more

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