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One and one and one is two
All this and more you said was true
And if you'd left me ground to stand on
I'd run so far away from you
What do you do with a remainder?
You round it up or round it down
And if you're scared by what you're left with
Destroy the answer that you've found

You were the one
When the day had begun
The sun was shining on us
Blinding me such
So that I couldn't see
There was a hole beneath me
And then you watched me fall
With no expression at all

There is an absolute zero
But you won't find it on your own
Only someone else can show you nothing
And leave you with a gaping hole

You were the one
When the day had begun
The sun was shining on us
Blinding me such
So that I couldn't see
There was a hole beneath me
And then you watched me fall
With no expression at all

You were the one
When the storm rolled in
The sky was grey like your heart
With no color at all
I don't know you like this
You're as reckless as wind
And I could not predict
Just the way this would end
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Submitted by
takethenoiseinmyhead On Sep 16, 2002
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Cover art for The Remainder lyrics by Sleater-Kinney

I love this song

Cover art for The Remainder lyrics by Sleater-Kinney

Love this song, powerful lyrics. I think its about a relationship that seemed to be going good but out of no where one person hurts the other without even caring, came as a complete shock

Cover art for The Remainder lyrics by Sleater-Kinney

beautiful song

Cover art for The Remainder lyrics by Sleater-Kinney

This song is about being cheated on. "One and one and one is two." Carrie must have written this about being cheated on, right before she moved to Portland from Olympia.

@rosemariex actually, its about carrie cheating on corin

@rosemariex Louie, read Carrie's book, "Hunger Makes Me A Modern Girl." One More Hour makes it sound like Carrie cheated, but she never did. The timing is totally wrong, too - they hadn't dated for like 5 years at that point.