Reclining Chair Lyrics

In this madhouse

She slinks away

Into the darkest corners

She wants to breathe

The nitrogen

Instead of stale filtered air

The gurneys roll

By doors at night

The nurses speak so sober

The classic films

And old TVs

She sleeps in her reclining chair

And in her head she's shouting

Oh to be well

To be free

From a hospital

Oh to be breathing

To be seeing the sunshine again

Her daughter tries

To rebuild

The furniture so tired

The ugly head

Of angry hearts

The never slept in twin bed

Saving the lives of the unstable

Taking the pulse of the undignified

Setting the bones of the unbreakable

She wants to be well

She wants to be well

Oh to be well

To be free

From a hospital

Oh to be breathing

To be seeing the sunshine again

Oh to be well

To be free

From a hospital

Oh to be breathing

To be seeing the sunshine again

Rush from the house to the ambulance

She ran off at fourteen

Kissing the lips of the man who would

Leave her alone and so desolate

Bitter and desolate

And filling her lungs up with smoke

Oh to be well

To be free

From a hospital

Oh to be breathing

To be seeing the sunshine again

Oh to be well

To be free

From a hospital

Oh to be breathing

To be seeing the sunshine again