Anesthesia from Breakage by Breakage Music

Stopped writing poetry
In 1999
Nothing ever really happened to me
The truth is less unkind

Stabilized in the ICU
My guts would not unwind
Transfusion shocked me to my core
And gave me some more time

In Denver I took two instead of one
It filled up all the space
Met two hundred people at the bar
And they all knew my face

I couldn’t handle all the lifting noise
I lost my sense of taste
Until I took a breath and drank it down
Let nothing go to waste

Anesthesia, Anastasia
Anesthesia, Anastasia
Anesthesia, Anastasia
Anesthesia, Anastasia

I tried to keep up with my old friends
They had a big head start
Drank whiskey til the neon blistered out
You left without a spark

Get one of C and two of D
Progression to the heart
Candle burned a hole into your side
Premonition played its part

Birds to the feeder, gather round to watch
They soak up all the light
Volunteers, nail them to the seats
First the tremors, and then the fight

Sound of thunder buried in the snow
We walked all through the night
Back to the city and our shuttered homes
The kids are not all right

Anesthesia, Anastasia
Anesthesia, Anastasia
Anesthesia, Anastasia
Anesthesia, Anastasia

Learned to dance, talked your way inside
And then you learned to run
Dragon sleeping on your bedroom floor
Would you still try anything once?

Slam the door as you bolt outside
You were raised under the gun
Swore off the worst of them at dawn’s first light
Then you stared into the sun

Anesthesia, Anastasia
Anesthesia, Anastasia
Anesthesia, Anastasia
Anesthesia, Anastasia

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