Carrying Cathy Lyrics - Ben Folds Five

Her window was hung like a painting 

She worried it might come to life 

She stared for hours 

So obsessed was I and self-absorbed 

That I didn't see that she was crying 

There was always someone carrying 

There was always someone carrying 

Always someone's carrying Cathy 

There were times when I'd find myself saying 

That friends, you don't understand 

And she's different when it's just me and her 

And I closed the door and I tried to hang on 

And she sank into the dark, I was over my head 

There was always someone carrying 

There was always someone carrying 

Always someone's carrying Cathy 

We gave you everything 

You could have been anything 

We gave you everything 

You could have done anything 

But to imagine a fall 

With no one at all to catch you 

There'd always been someone 

Then one night she climbed into the picture frame 

Out in the frozen air and out of sight 

Woke up sad from this dream 

I've been having the last couple nights or so 

With her father and brothers we're all at the funeral 

Carrying a box through the rain 

Then somebody says that it's always been this way 

Always someone's carrying 

There was always someone carrying 

Always someone's carrying Cathy