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Sundara Karma’s final single of the first album is essentially about wanting to leave home to a city. However, they feel tied to their hometown and are expected to just follow the normal life of having a family there and never leaving the town.
When talking about the song in a DIY Magazine Intervie...
[Verse 1]
Left and right, they're calling me back home
And I've heard their cries
I've felt it in my bones
Left and right, they choke me tight
I'm overworn and out of sight
I've heard their cries
I've felt it in my bones
[Verse 2]
Been searching for a long time, in this town
We're looking for a goldmine
So we can get out
To find a place, or waste away
Another day that goes by
Another card, we know we should be grateful
But sometimes it's hard, we're so alone
But it's not for long
[Chorus]
Well maybe we were disavowed
Careful what you wish for now
Nothing lasts forever
Time will always take its toll
And if a broken home is on the shelf
You know what we should ask ourselves
Were we ever happy acting in a family role
[Verse 3]
Been dreaming of those bright lights, in the city
Waking with a cold fright
Oh what a pity, a bad nights sleep
The fourth this week
You're longing for a partner
To get you through, wishing that in time
You'll find someone to hold onto to
[Chorus]
But maybe we were disavowed
Careful what you wish for now
Nothing lasts for ever
Time will always take its toll
And if a broken home is on the shelf
You know what we should ask ourselves
Were we ever happy acting in a family role
[Bridge]
Heavens have you seen
The news that's on the screen
It's all violence, heartbreak and misery
Heavens have you seen
What they have done to me
I'm a hollow shell from the grim 90's
[Chorus]
Maybe we were disavowed
Careful what you wish for now
Nothing lasts forever, time will always take its toll
And if a broken home is on the shelf
We know what we should ask ourselves
Were we ever happy acting in a family role?
Happy Family was written by Oscar Pollock & Sundara Karma.
Happy Family was produced by Larry Hibbitt.
Sundara Karma released Happy Family on Fri Dec 16 2016.
When writing I tend not to have any clue where the song is going, it’s only once the song’s been written that I find the meaning or sense in it. Unwittingly it turned out to be the saddest song on the record.