The Gift of Paralysis

Alarming to the senses As the scent of latex And blinding white lights greet me Withered, weak, and weary His bones are bare and brittle Can't rid this taste of surgery Of surgery, accusing me Of perjury, like surgery correcting me I'm bouncing in and out of my body As my eyes roll in rhythm And they wish to focus But they can't bear to see Our eyes are paralyzed As your legs are canonized With the water from these seas To own a heart that's half of yours These bones are mere accessories Well these bones are mere accessories The doctor says he heard me Stutter as I muttered A startling repetitious phrase And under anesthesia I told him over and over again This body's yours to keep And though he promised me He said he'd do as I please But I stand before you Upon these same selfish feet I'm bouncing in and out of my body As my eyes roll in rhythm And they wish to focus But they can't bear to see Our eyes are paralyzed As your legs are canonized With the water from these seas To own a heart that's half of yours These bones are mere accessories His neck, is shattered by the tides The ocean prays for his demise But I swear to you I watched his heart pump blood into those veins Throwing punches at ocean waves And as the tides retreat I see the smile you see today To own a heart that's half of yours These bones are mere accessories Our eyes are paralyzed As your legs are canonized With the water from these seas To own a heart that's half of yours, yours These bones are mere accessories Throwing punches at ocean waves