Eli5 Why can light not carry sound?

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From my very limited understanding sound is basically the vibrations in particles/atoms/ whatever, and light is some sort of weird mix between energy and very small particles, so why can light not carry sound? ( sorry if grammar/wording is bad high)

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Sound is simply pressure waves encoded into a substrate, such as air or water. What you hear is your body sensing the waves of pressure and interpreting it in your brain. Light can encode information such as a representation of sound, however it needs decoding and transmitting as pressure or vibration for you to hear that reconstituted sound.

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