Yngwie Malmsteen - Carry On Wayward Son (Kansas)

Yngwie Johan Malmsteen (on 30 June 1963) is a Swedish guitarist. He first became known in the 1980s for his neoclassical playing style in heavy metal,. It almost makes you forget that the great bulk of his music is so fast that it's unlistenable.

Carry On Wayward Son.


Carry on my wayward son
There'll be peace when you are done

Lay your weary head to rest
Don't you cry no more

Once I rose above the noise and confusion
Just to get a glimpse beyond this illusion
I was soaring ever higher
But I flew too high

Though my eyes could see I still was a blind man
Though my mind could think I still was a mad man
I hear the voices when I'm dreaming
I can hear them say

Carry on my wayward son
There'll be peace when you are done

Masquerading as a man with a reason
My charade is the event of the season
And if I claim to be a wise man, well
It surely means that I don't know

On a stormy sea of moving emotion
Tossed about I'm like a ship on the ocean
I set a course for winds of fortune
But I hear the voices say

Carry on my wayward son
There'll be peace when you are done
No!

Carry on, you will always remember
Carry on, nothing equals the splendor
Now your life's no longer empty
Surely heaven waits for you

Carry on my wayward son
There'll be peace when you are done


Released 14 October 1996
Label Foundation


Personnel

Yngwie Malmsteen – guitars
Jeff Scott Soto – vocals
Marcel Jacob – bass
David Rosenthal – keyboards
Anders Johansson – drums