Passion Pit – Carried Away Lyrics

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[Verse 1]
Since my heart is golden
I've got sense to hold it
Tempted just to make an ugly scene
No I'm not as proper
My money's in copper
Ripped down from the brownstones to the street
Listen, I'm your friend don't quote me
But not a friend worth noting
Yes, please don't ever note me as your friend
Who says we have cold hearts
Acting out our old parts
Let's perform our favourite little scene

[Hook]
I get carried away, carried away, from you
When I'm open and afraid
Cause I'm sorry, sorry bout that
Sorry bout things that I've said
Always there to get to my head

[Verse 2]
All your appeal, once again we'll feel it
Higher education making sense
Justify your thesis, certain that you need this
Tell me what your point is in defense
Listen, I don't really know you
And I don't think I want you
But I think I can fake it if you can
Let's agree there's no need, no more talk of money
Let's just keep pretending to be friends, oho

[Hook]

[Bridge]
Wake up in the morning, wake up in the evening
Wake up when you want to
Cause no one's really watching
Won't you have something to say about it
But we all have problems
We're all having problems
And we all got something to say

[Hook]
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About Carried Away

Carried Away is the fourth single from Passion Pit’s sophomore album ‘Gossamer’. It has been described by lead singer, Michael Angelakos as “his favourite song on the record”.

The song is ambiguous but simple at the same time. We can evidently see that Carried Away is apologetic in the hook, but there is much more depth to the song than there is to the eye.

Carried Away spawned many remixes as Angelakos commissioned a ‘Carried Away Remix Competition’, which made many artists including Viceroy and Tiesto create a remix.

On February 14th, Passion Pit created a music video with musician/activist Sophia Bush.

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