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He’s covering up his flaws by attempting to camouflage them behind something that looks good at first sight, but everything that glitter’s ain’t gold. It’s also a reference to Atmosphere’s album When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold
which came out 3 weeks after this song was released as a part of Sad Clown Bad Spring 12. It’s therefore possible he liked this particular lyric of the song enough to use it for the later album, because of the order of their respective releases.
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Til you pick him up and carry him to bed Atmosphere – Carry Me Home
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I've gotta walk over people I've took down
It ain't as pretty as you probably think
It's gonna take more than soap and a sink Atmosphere – Carry Me Home
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Slug has admitted before that he’s a very manipulative person. (See “Bleed Slow” or “Me”). He has more success now, and people might think his life is wonderful, but he warns them that it’s not. Despite what it may seem, he’s actually hurt a lot of people on his way here and the guilt he feels is so horrible it can’t be washed away with anything, even soap.
Like Kendrick Lamar said, “My hands are dirty, you worried ‘bout mud in your sink.”
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“Carry Me Home” was released free on April Fool’s Day as a part of the EP Sad Clown Bad Spring 12 by Atmosphere who duped their fans into thinking it was a direct download for anticipated LP When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold.
Slug talks to his mom about how his life has been slowly killing him and how he just wants to go home, meaning, be freed from his demons.
