[Verse 1] Falling apart is a part of failing at life The morning comes with a mouthful of patents Too many pills, too many conditions A little white powder turning my stomach [Pre-Chorus] I count the hours by the labels on the wall Try to make a body respond when I call [Chorus] What happens when you don't live it right? When the heart keeps score through the night? I heed every warning, every borrowed breath Trying to stay here without bargaining with death What happens when you don't live it right? Do you disappear, fade away each night? [Verse 2] Atenolol, slow the rush beneath my chest Apixaban, keep the crimson from a clot Rosuvastatin, evening's quiet test Names I never knew, now names I can't forget Quetiapine at seven, curtains drawing down Lamotrigine twice, keep the thunder on the ground Prednisone, a truce that leaves a scar I wake up measuring how different we were [Chorus] What happens when you don't live it right? When the heart keeps score through the night? I heed every warning, every borrowed breath Trying to stay here without bargaining with death What happens when you don't live it right? Do you vanish, giving up the fight? [Bridge] Pyridostigmine, lift what weakness takes Azathioprine, for the war my body makes Levothyroxine, morning on an empty tongue Aspirin in the bottle like a song half-sung [Interlude] Calcium carbonate Bitter chalk against the dark Calcium carbonate The round, white, and weightless star [Building] Expensive habits used to be pleasant Expensive habits now mandatory [Bridge] [Descending] [Mood: Melancholy, Defeated, Slower] [Final Chorus] What happens when you don't live it right? Maybe living isn't clean or bright Maybe every fragile hour I protect Evidence that it ain't done with me - yet What happens when you don't live it right? You keep the light on through the night Falling apart are the final words For now I'm here, a weakness deserved [Outro] Too many pills, too many conditions Still I wake up and make ten decisions
