[Verse 1] I woke up with a stranger’s hands heavy on the hospital sheets every sound came in too bright every breath came in too deep someone cried beside the bed someone said that I was safe someone called me by a name that would not fit inside my face [Pre-Chorus] and I tried to lift my fingers like I used to do but the message left my mind and never made it through [Chorus] I had a body once it moved before I knew it carried all my wanting it carried me through now I ask and I wait now I push and it hurts learning how to live on borrowed nerves borrowed nerves borrowed nerves [Verse 2] they taught me how to stand again like standing was a holy thing two hands around the metal bars one foot dragging like a string everybody smiled too much every inch became a prize but I could feel my old life walking somewhere else outside [Pre-Chorus] and I tried to say I’m not the one you’re waiting for but the words fell down inside me before they reached the door [Chorus] I had a body once it moved before I knew it carried all my wanting it carried me through now I ask and I wait now I push and it hurts learning how to live on borrowed nerves borrowed nerves borrowed nerves [Bridge] somewhere there are shoes worn down by my feet somewhere there are keys that still belong to me somewhere there’s a mirror that knows what I was worth somewhere there’s a life that never touched the dirt and I am getting stronger but it doesn’t feel like grace I am getting closer to the thing that took my place [Final Chorus] I had a body once it moved before I knew it carried all my wanting it carried me through now I ask and I wait now I push and it hurts learning how to live on borrowed nerves I had a body once I swear it answered first now I’m almost alive and that’s what makes it worse borrowed nerves borrowed nerves borrowed nerves borrowed nerves [Outro] I am getting stronger I am getting worse I am getting closer on borrowed nerves
