Carry on Wayward son

**Carry on Wayward Son** is a Neoni cover of **Carry On Wayward Son by Kansas,** and Neoni's cover was their third release of 2018 that is still available, and was released on July 13, 2018.

Listen to **Carry On Wayward Son**

## Theme

This song is often seen as a reference to the Prodigal Son parable in the New Testament of the Bible. But the song’s writer, Kerry Livgren, denies it has any specific religious foundation, instead being about a general feeling of spiritual alienation.

## Background

1. They announced the song on July 12, 2018.
2. The song has a full music video that was Aug 3, 2018.
3. The song was featured in the finale for the show Supernatural in Season 15, Episode 20.

## Supernatural

* The song was featured on Supernatural on November 19, 2020.

"Over 2 years ago we worked on a cover of an absolutely legendary Kansas song that happened to be in one of our favorite TV shows. Throughout the whole process we kept saying how cool it would be if they used it in one of the episodes. Didn’t think it could happen! I mean come on what are the chances right!? WELL BALLS!! IT REALLY HAPPENED!! OUR COVER OF CARRY ON WAYWARD SON WAS IN THE SERIES FINALE OF SUPERNATURAL!!!"

* In a TikTok, they explained that "we've always been huge fans of the show, so as children we heard Carry On in Supernatural, and that's how we listened to the Kansas version, and we listened to it at least a billion times. When we started playing music, we knew we had to do a cover of Carry On Wayward Son at some point, so fast-forward to 2018, we do the cover, we did this little video on YouTube. So we always held out a little bit of hope that we would one day hear it in the series.
So, it's now 2020, and the last season of Supernatural. It's airing. **It's airing**. We had given up hope, hope was lost. So seven days before the series finale, we get an email asking to use our version in the series finale, last episode ever. There were tears, we were screaming and crying, also throwing up. So excited, so fast-forward to the air date, we go over to the dude who produced the song with us, go to his house, have a little watch party, there were many tears for many reasons, then we got to see our name in some amazing articles about the show's ending, like in Billboard and in Hollywood Reporter, absolutely insane."

## Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Once I rose above the noise and confusion

Just to get a glimpse beyond this illusion

I was soaring ever higher

Then 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

[Chorus]

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

[Verse 2]

Masquerading as a man with a reason

My charade is the event of the season

And if I claim to be a wise man

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

[Chorus]

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 (Ah-ha, ah-ha, ah-ha)

No more, no more (Ah-ha, ah-ha, ah-ha)

Don't you cry no more (Ah-ha, ah-ha, ah-ha)

[Bridge]

Now your life's no longer empty

But surely heaven waits for you

[Chorus]

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

## Sources

1. ↑ https://genius.com/3569742
2. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/WeAreNeoni/photos/a.672818506075987/1995844463773378/
3. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/WeAreNeoni/posts/pfbid02ConQG1Xp27Pc5NXrQZNpQ1UuoeExTXCvNX8zEntLEK2pn8iZ2NmnsPJ2QKeRgaZ1l
4. ↑ https://www.tiktok.com/@weareneoni/video/7141057983097621802?is\_from\_webapp=1&sender\_device=pc&web\_id=7157031650173421061