starts with a burst, a little word
the sounds so loud and high, it cant be heard
and that's all you can be sure of
so don't say a word
caught up underneath
just before the flood
a fight you've had and lost
a hundred to one
but that's all you ever wanted
so we'll be good
the strangest things are happening to me
i've been away all the time
in the end it's plain enough to see
it'll carry away, carry away
it's not in the marrow but it's in the bone
you grind it down to nothing
until it leaves you whole
but that's all you can be sure of
so don't let go
and when it gets in your head
you stay for weeks
falling out of bed, talking in your sleep
but i can't feel a thing
i don't understand you when you speak
the strangest things are happening to me
i've been away all the time
in the end it's plain enough to see
it'll carry away, carry away