Far Away

## **Far Away***The Loneliest Time*

**Far Away** is the fourth track on Carly Rae Jepsen's fifth studio album The Loneliest Time (2022). It was released on October 21st 2022, through 604, School Boy and Interscope Records.

## **Lyrics**

**Verse 1**

I'd give this love a second try

First I just imagined all your qualities and that's my fault

But if you could put my feet back on the ground

We could try to introduce ourselves

**Pre-Chorus**

I'd like to get to know you

Let me kiss all of these tears coming down

I heard a night bird singing

Oh, oh

Your face is calming me down

Maybe I'll just stop thinking

Oh, oh

**Chorus**

Just tell me you need me side by side

The sweetest words of my whole life

Oh, baby, not far away, not far away

From that conversation

Just tell me you need me side by side

The sweetest words of my whole life

Oh, baby, not far away, not far away

From that conversation

**Verse 2**

Tryin' not to talk first 'cause words don't mean authority

And you look powerful just standin' tall in front of me

But if you could put my feet back on the ground

We could try to introduce ourselves

**Pre-Chorus**

I'd like to get to know you

Let me kiss all of these tears coming down

**Chorus**

I heard a night bird singin'

The sweetest words of my whole life

Oh, baby, not far away, not far away

From that conversation

Just tell me you need me side by side

The sweetest words of my whole life

Oh, baby, not far away, not far away

From that conversation

**Bridge**

♪

A night bird singing

**Chorus**

Just tell me you need me side by side

The sweetest words of my whole life

Oh, baby, not far away, not far away

From that conversation

Just tell me you need me side by side

The sweetest words of my whole life

Oh, baby, not far away, not far away

From that conversation

## **Song credits**

#### **Writing and production**

* **Written by:** Carly Rae Jepsen • Tavish Crowe • Nathan Jenkins
* **Produced by:** Bullion

#### **Performance**

* **Vocals:** Carly Rae Jepsen • Nathan Jenkins

#### **Instrumentation**

* **Bass:** Nathan Jenkins
* **Drums:** Liam Hutton
* **Synthesizer:** Nathan Jenkins

#### **Technical credits**

* **Vocal production:** Jonathan Gilmore • Nathan Jenkins
* **Mixing:** Anthony Dolhai
* **Mastering:** Chris Allgood • Emily Lazar
* **Engineering:** Anthony Dolhai • Nathan Jenkins

## **Background**

Far Away is a song from Jepsen's fifth studio album The Loneliest Time. The song's title was first revealed alongside the announcement of the album's track listing on August 22nd 2022.

## **Writing and development**

Far Away was written sometime between 2020 and 2022 during the development of The Loneliest Time. The song was written by Jepsen alongside Tavish Crowe and Nathan Jenkins, between Toronto and London.  Carly recorded the song alongside Bullion on their first meeting in Toronto, after first being introduced via Zoom.

## **Themes and lyricism**

Far Away introspectively discusses the end of a relationship, from Jepsen's perspective of realising she was in the wrong; she explained, "Having been in a relationship for a hot minute and it ending in a way that I wasn’t expecting, it was nice to be the one who was humbled and to see that I messed up, and try out a song where I wrote from the bad perspective—learning what I would do differently in a future thing."

"It’s almost easier to be newly in love or heartbroken. And those are extreme things that we live in our 20s. But I think in my 30s it’s fun to be like, 'Oh, maybe I’m the one who can be at fault in this relationship and be humbled by this and learn a thing. Is there room for a pop song in that lesson?'"

"I love the idea that I just answered yes every time. I wrote from the heart. And I think the reason I was allowed to write from the heart was because I didn’t know when the world was going to open up and I didn’t know when I’d be sharing music."  Jepsen described she "allowed [herself] to enjoy writing about the grey areas of things" with Far Away, and stated it was her personal favourite song of the album.

## **References**

1. ↑ @carlyraejepsen 'Here it is… each and every song that makes up The Loneliest Time. Assembled with the utmost intention and care...' August 22nd 2022 - via Twitter
2. ↑ @bullionness Excited to be part of the new @carlyraejepsen album, out October 21st! We wrote and recorded Far Away and Bends... Instagram, August 29th 2022
3. ↑ @carlyraejepsen "The new @Bullionness album Affection comes out in April and we are all so lucky for that! (...)" January 25th 2024 - via Instagram
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Sayles, Justin "Carly Rae Jepsen Wants You to Know You’re Not Alone" The Ringer, October 24th 2022