We’re All Dying Together

Kacy & Clayton “Carrying On”

“Carrying On” is bright in tone but extremely dark in sentiment, with Kacy Anderson singing about the inevitability of death and dread about wasting time with a wholesome country twang. The anxiety and neuroses of her lyrics are almost entirely disconnected from the sound of the music, which feels rather light and easy-going. But this contrast would seem to be the point – not in a cheap “see, it’s actually quite depressing” way, but more in how these feelings can overlap, and one thing motivates the other. It’s not as though she’s talking herself out of life, either. It’s really more of a “carpe diem” sentiment, and the sense that she’s spooked herself into fearing that she’s wasted even a moment is just an unfortunate by-product of embracing life and aspiring for joy.

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