A Present Lyrics

You are crawling

Away from the coal dust

Coughing up rowboats

Saddles and roses

You can't cry, can't laugh 'cause your room is wired

You can't close your lids even when you're tired

You can't breathe 'cause the corset's laced too tight

But look, there's a jungle and a swing

That your best friend made from nails and string

And I made you a present

A library and a place to sing

They were watching

They were instructed

I dare you, I dare you

to lay a finger

He closed and she opened up too wide

And he ran the halls with the red inside

And you held your tongue so you could devise a divide

But look, there's a jungle and a swing

That your best friend made from nails and string

And I made you a present

A redwood tree and a perfect spring

Hospice attendant

Charging the bolus

I'm not ready, I'm not ready

You were infected

They pinned you in a body cast

Even though the tornado was coming fast

Pumped you with morphine so you wouldn't talk

But I'm not gonna be quiet, I'm gonna tell the whole block

And while the siren's are blaring, I'll cut the wires

Unplug the drips that made you tired

Evacuate you and hold you tight

And you can't come down 'cause you can't calm down

But you caught that glimpse: we will be your ground

We will be there when you can look again

A nylon rug

A labored bed, and a loaded gun

They made you unhappy, but now it's done

Oh, now it's done

So look, there's a jungle and a swing

That your best friend made from nails and string

And I made you a present

A library and a space to sing

So look, there's your family

And all your friends and your bunnies

And I made you a present

A redwood tree and a perfect spring

And they made you unhappy,

Made you believe you couldn't breathe

But I made you a present

I'll let it be a memory