Limb By Limb

The shoulder that I leaned on was carved out of stone

But when I'm done freezin', I wanna be alone

Never want my hand cut off

(Never want a hacking cough)

Never need a cliffside push

(Never turn my brain to mush)

Always give me what I lack

(Always take the best parts back)

Always recognize your fate

(Always just a moment late)

Left is where I always turn

(Left is how I'm forced to learn)

Left the route my walking takes

(Left alone with my mistakes)

Up against a person who

(Up till now I never knew)

Up from Hell the answer blew

Up or down, it's up to you

Drop me off the Chinese wall

And peel my fingers off the rim

I come unglued while in midair

And land to reform

Limb by limb

(And I am taken far away)

Lingering slowly and melting away

(And I am taken far away)

Tossed with a salad and baled with the hay

(And I am taken far away)

Pooling like water that drips from above

(And I am taken far away)

Trampled by lambs and pecked by the dove

Drop me off the Chinese wall

And peel my fingers off the rim

I come unglued while in midair

And land to reform

Limb by limb