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 eyes

The taste was much sweeter

Than chlorine and wine

And my doctor's unable

To cut through the cable that leads to my mind

In spite of the winter

There's ways to keep warm

Whatever you give me

Please know that I'm asking for more

The day I stopped swimming

Came out of the dark

I'd never felt so uncomfortably numb

Here by your side

Black birds on the bed

Turning to fire

Black birds in the day

Shining a ray

Please don't let me go

Under the rocks where I found

My place in the crowd

Hope for the fathers and sons

Black birds on the bed

Turning to fire

Black birds in the day

Shining a ray

Please don't lay me down