Chlorine & Wine

When I called on my nursemaid

Come sit by my side

But she cuts through my rib cage

Pushes the pills deep in my eyesThe taste was much sweeter

Than chlorine and wine

And my doctor is unable

To cut through the cable that leads to my mindIn spite of the winter

There's ways to keep warm

Whatever you give me

Please know that I'm asking for moreThe day I stopped swiming

Came out of the dark

I've never felt so uncomfortably numb

Here by your sideBlack birds on the bed

Turning to fire

Black birds in the day

Shining a rayPlease, don't let me go

Under the rock where I found

My place in the crowd

Hope for the fathers and sonsBlack birds on the bed

Turning to fire

Black birds in the day

Shining a rayPlease, don't let me go