And in my arkus-carcass, she is standing right in front of me

The story:

When I was five or six, I had the whole song arranged a capella -- I'd make mouth noises for the solo and everything ... I thought an arkus-carcass had something to do with one's torso. A few years later, I thought it through and realized that although "carcass" was a perfectly legitimate English word, "arkus" really wasn't, prompting me to revisit the lyrics.