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 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, what a wonderful sound it makes
[Post-Chorus]
(Ooh)
[Verse 1]
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, borin' joke
The only punch line 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
And no one's voice is ever really heard
Til the whole world's screamin' it
[Chorus]
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, what a wonderful sound it makes
[Verse 2]
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
[Bridge]
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
[Chorus]
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, what a wonderful sound it makes
[Post-Chorus]
Oh-oh
Ooh-ooh
Oh-oh