Carry My Body Down
Nick 13 Lyrics

How long can this journey go on?
The singer is questioning the length of their journey through life and wonders when it will end.

Will I find the place I'm meant to go?
The singer is questioning if they will ever find their true purpose or destination in life.

Will dreams fall down around us?
The singer questions if dreams will fade away and disappear, much like the approach of winter snow.

Just like a winter snow
The artist compares the fading of dreams to the gradual falling and disappearance of winter snow.

Another year has come and gone
The artist acknowledges the passage of time and the arrival of a new year.

Will my luck hold for one year more?
The singer questions whether their luck will continue to hold for the next year.

I think of how far that I've come
The singer reflects on the distance they have travelled and the things they have accomplished.

And what's been left behind
The artist acknowledges what they have lost or given up in the pursuit of their goals.

When will they carry my body down?
The artist wonders when they will die and be buried.

Will they take it from the river?
The artist questions if their body will be recovered from a river after they have drowned themselves.

After I've jumped right in and drowned.
The singer suggests that they may take their own life by drowning.

Will they find it on the battle field?
The artist questions if their body will be found on a battlefield where they have fought and died.

On the spot I stood my ground.
The singer suggests that they may die bravely on a battlefield where they fought for what they believed in.

I wander long, I wander far
The singer describes their journey through life as long and extensive.

Someday I'll wander no more
The singer longs for the day when they will no longer have to wander and search for meaning.

I'll search to find what I have lost
The artist suggests that they have lost something important in life and they will search to try and find it.

And that which I've never known.
The artist also suggests that there are things they have never known, but which they may discover in their search.

And when I find that I'm gone
The singer suggests that they may die before finding what they have lost or what they were searching for.

Across the river I'll go
The singer suggests that they may see death as crossing a river to the other side.

I'll take only my memories
The artist suggests that they will take only their memories with them when they die.

Things that might have been.
The artist suggests that they will take with them only memories of things that might have been, but were not.

Will they cut it from my hangman's noose?
The artist suggests that they may be hanged and it may be necessary to cut their body down from the noose.

After the sentence has been down.
The singer suggests that they may be executed after being found guilty of a crime.

Will anyone be there to mourn
The artist questions if anyone will mourn their passing.

A villain's pass into the ground?
The singer suggests that if they are executed, they may be seen as a villain and buried without much ceremony or mourning.