Guernica

  • Ever since I was young your word is the word that always won
  • Worry and wake the ones you love
  • A phone call I'd rather not receive
  • Please use my body while I sleep
  • My lungs are fresh and yours to keep
  • Kept clean and they will let you breathe
  • Is this the way a toy feels when its batteries run dry?
  • I am the watch you always wear, but you forget to wind
  • Nobody plans to be half a world away at times like these
  • So I sat alone and waited out the night
  • The best part of what has happened was the part I must have missed
  • So I'm asking you to shine it on and stick around
  • I'm not writing my goodbyes
  • I submit no excuse
  • If this is what I have to do
  • I owe you every day I wake
  • If I could I would shrink myself
  • And sink through your skin to your blood cells
  • And remove whatever makes you hurt but
  • I am too weak to be your cure
  • Is this the way a toy feels when its batteries run dry?
  • I am the watch you always wear, but you forget to wind
  • Nobody plans to be half a world away at times like these
  • So I sat alone and waited out the night
  • The best part of what has happened was the part I must have missed
  • So I'm asking you to shine it on and stick around
  • I'm not writing my goodbyes
  • I'm not letting you check out
  • You will beat this, starting now
  • And you will always be around
  • I'm there to monitor your breathing
  • I will watch you while you're sleeping
  • I will keep you safe and sound
  • Does anybody remember back when you were very young?
  • Did you ever think that you would be this blessed?
  • Nobody plans to be half a world away at times like these
  • So I sat alone and waited out the night
  • The best part of what has happened was the part I must have missed
  • So I'm asking you to shine it on and stick around
  • I'm not writing my goodbyes

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