It starts with a burst, a little word
A sound so loud and high it can't 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
and the hundreds you've won

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
And 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
Fallin out of bed and talking in your sleep

But i can't feel a thing
And i don't understand you when you speak

The strangest things are happening to me
I've been away all the time
And in the end it's plain enough to see
It'll carry away
Carry away