Carry the Zero
Built to Spill * Track #3 On Keep It Like a Secret
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Album Keep It Like a Secret
Carry the Zero by Built to Spill
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Built to SpillProduced by
Doug Martsch & Phil EkWrited by
Doug Martsch & Brett Nelson & Scott PloufAbout
Arguably Built to Spill’s most popular song, “Carry the Zero” is the third track on their fourth album, Keep It Like a Secret.
In Jason Josephes' 1999 review of the album for Pitchfork, he described the song as merging “Cocteau Twins-esque guitars and melody with equal sigh and much more articulate...
Carry the Zero Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I'm not knocking your want to carry that home
Took it with you when you moved and got it broke
Found the pieces, we counted them all alone
Didn't add up, forgot to carry a zero
[Verse 2]
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
[Verse 3]
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
[Outro]
And you've become
What you thought was dumb
A fraction of the sum
Yeah, you've become
Yeah, you have become
A fraction of the sum
The middle and the front
And now it's coming back
Hasn't it come too far?
I was trying to help
But I guess I pushed too hard
Now we can't even touch it
Afraid it'll fall apart
Carry the Zero Q&A
Who wrote Carry the Zero's ?
Carry the Zero was written by Doug Martsch & Brett Nelson & Scott Plouf.
Who produced Carry the Zero's ?
Carry the Zero was produced by Doug Martsch & Phil Ek.
When did Built to Spill release Carry the Zero?
Built to Spill released Carry the Zero on Tue Feb 02 1999.