I carry you on with me, I
promised you I would, and
I do
And I float around, show
up unannounced, in the
places that you knew
I draw you out from the
edge of my mouth, it
feels good to say your
name
It's all I have now, and
a wonderful sound it
makes
I was born with someone
else's face, a coward's
anger and a fighter's
rage
I wait around for them to
take my place, and say,
"Love, we're free now"
I've been caught in some
old, boring joke
The only punchline is how
long it goes
I'm in a song with one
descendin' note, I got
nowhere else to be now
No one tells you just how
long you'll last
Some go slowly, and some
far too fast
I've got time I never
planned to have, I got
years and years of it
I've been feelin' like a
wing-clipped bird
Been repeatin' this old
phrase I learned
That no one's voice is
ever really heard, 'Til
the whole world's
screamin' it
I carry you on with me, I
promised you I would, and
I do
And I float around, show
up unannounced, in the
places that you knew
I draw you out from the
edge of my mouth, it
feels good to say your
name
It's all I have now, and
a wonderful sound it
makes
I was living in a
stranger's house, so I
found shelter by the
river's mouth
And I go swimmin' 'til my
feet touch ground, 'Til I
find somethin' permanent
I see the rain over the
valley's edge
Won't be long until the
whole world's wet
And all my drownin' will
make way more sense,
there ain't no better
word for it
I carry you on with me, I
promised you I would, and
I do
And I float around, show
up unannounced, in the
places that you knew
I draw you out from the
edge of my mouth, it
feels good to say your
name
It's all I have now, and
a wonderful sound it
makes
Oh-oh, ooh-ooh
Oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
