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