carry the zero

i'm not knocking your want to carry that home

you took it with you when you moved and got it broke

we found the pieces

we counted them all alone

didn't add up

forgot to carry a zero

zero

oh

zero

oh

i can't be your apologist very long

i'm surprised that you'd want to carry that on

count your blemishes; you can't

they're all gone

i can't see your response putting them back on and on

like they're waiting for your guard to fall

so they can see it all and you're so

occupied with what other persons are

occupied with and vice versa

and you've become

what you thought was dumb

a fraction of the sum

yeah

you've become

you have become

a fraction of the sum

the middle and the front

now it's coming back

hasn't it gone too far?

i was trying to help

i guess i pushed too hard

now we can't even touch it

afraid it'll fall apart