Guernica - Brand New

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

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?