AND IT CAME TO ME
THEN THAT EVERY PLAN
IS A TINY PRAYER
TO FATHER TIME
AS I STARED AT MY
SHOES IN THE ICU
THAT REEKED OF PISS
AND FOUR OH NINE
AND I RATIONED MY
BREATHS AS I SAID
TO MYSELF THAT I'D
ALREADY TAKEN TOO
MUCH TODAY
AS EACH DESCENDING
PEAK ON THE LCD
TOOK YOU A LITTLE
FARTHER AWAY FROM
ME AWAY FROM ME
7 BAR
INSTRUMENTAL BREAK
AMONGST THE
VENDING MACHINES
AND YEAR OLD
MAGAZINES IN A PLACE
WHERE WE ONLY
SAY GOODBYE
IT STUNG LIKE A
VIOLENT WIND THAT
OUR MEMORIES
DEPEND ON A
FAULTY CAMERA
IN OUR MINDS
AND I KNEW THAT
YOU WERE TRUTH I
WOULD RATHER LOSE
THAN TO HAVE NEVER
LAIN BESIDE AT ALL
AND I LOOKED
AROUND AT ALL
THE EYES ON THE
GROUND AS THE TV
ENTERTAINED ITSELF
'CAUSE THERE'S
NO COMFORT IN
THE WAITING ROOM
JUST THE NERVOUS
PACES BRACING
FOR BAD NEWS
AND THEN THE
NURSE COMES ROUND
AND EVERYONE
LIFTS THEIR HEAD
BUT I'M THINKING OF
WHAT SARAH SAID
LOVE IS WATCHING
SOMEONE DIE
12 BAR
INSTRUMENTAL BREAK
SO WHO'S GONNA
WATCH YOU DIE
SO WHO'S GONNA
WATCH YOU DIE
SO WHO'S GONNA
WATCH YOU DIE
