5 Seconds of Summer
5 Seconds of Summer
5 Seconds of Summer
5 Seconds of Summer
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5 Seconds of Summer & Sierra Deaton
5 Seconds of Summer
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5 Seconds of Summer
5 Seconds of Summer
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5 Seconds of Summer
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[Verse 1: Luke]
I built it from the ground up just to watch me burn it down
I gotta keep the party goin', ain't no fadin' out
My life's just a carousel spinnin' around
I'd pay again just to keep from stoppin' it now
I tried to keep my head above the ocean of my doubt
I'm feeling like a dreamer, don't you try to wake me now
My life's just a carousel spinnin' around
I'd pay again just to keep from stoppin' it now
[Chorus: Luke, All]
Lookin' for myself in the passenger's side
Drivin' to the edge till I get this right
Tryna find the city with the brightest lights
How you gonna get there, get there?
Always lookin' back and I don't know why
Something always there in the back of my mind
Everybody's livin' on a one-way ride
How you gonna gеt there, get thеre?
[Verse 2: Luke, All]
I feel like I'm a tiger in the circus ring again
Every time I jump, it's gettin' higher, never ends
Oh, my life's just a carousel spinnin' around
I'd pay again just to keep from stoppin' it now
[Chorus: Luke, All]
Lookin' for myself in the passenger's side
Drivin' to the edge till I get this right
Tryna find the city with the brightest lights
How you gonna get there, get there?
Always lookin' back and I don't know why
Something always there in the back of my mind
Everybody's livin' on a one-way ride
How you gonna get there, get there?
[Instrumental Bridge]
[Outro: Luke]
My life's just a carousel spinnin' around
I'd pay again just to keep from stoppin' it now
My life's just a carousel spinnin' around
I'd pay again just to keep from stoppin' it now
CAROUSEL was written by Luke Hemmings & Ashton Irwin & Calum Hood & Michael Clifford & Sierra Deaton.
CAROUSEL was produced by Michael Clifford.
5 Seconds of Summer released CAROUSEL on Fri Sep 23 2022.
There is a song called “CAROUSEL” that I really love, particularly because there’s really specific musical influences that people probably wouldn’t usually identify in a modern pop/rock band. In that song, you’re hearing bands like Supertramp, you’re hearing Aphex Twin, you’re hearing really dry dru...
While interviewing 5 Seconds of Summer, DORK Magazine described the song:
One of 5SOS5’s leading tracks, “Take My Hand,” unpacks the story so far from the boys' perspective. It’s a slow burner that sees Luke ground himself, lyrically noting the blur of their first few years with the pre-chorus […]...
We wrote with Sierra Deaton on this one. She has an innate ability to compound all our perceptions of the concept into one cohesive overarching storyline. Started with the versem we were chasing down this sort of Jony Mitchell style lyric and dove into that. The production on this, we really pushed...