The cover, a stutter My lover sedated for fifteen days now Their mother is weeping I don't know why they've just been sleeping I comfort the most that I can But my body's weak and my mind is slipping I get it, my friend My partner for life is my love to the end And what should I do While I wait outside of the hospital Praying God will come through? Only you could ever contain all my conscious This red string confines me Oh, you are the flesh of my body, the red in my blood Never-ending wires or the vials of the medicine The monitor that rings all the time Only you could ever contain me The hunger My mother is worried sick 'cause I cannot eat And I know it, don't show it Maybe I'll die, fall into your bedside I'm trying as hard as I can But your wrist and mine are becoming the same size I get it, my friend My lover, my baby, I'll find you again 'Cause what can I do While I wait outside of the hospital Praying God will come through? Only you could ever contain all my conscious This red string confines me Oh, you are the flesh of my body, the red in my blood Never-ending wires or the vials of the medicine The monitor that rings all the time Only you could ever contain me