Intro: Me and the phone on bed stand, And The useful and well trained back rub man [Verse 1] The smartphone on the nightstand starts its digital chime At four thirty sharp it is a cold and bitter time The world is still frozen the moon is still in flight But the screen glows with malice in the dead of the night I reach out to silence that high pitched decree But before I can blink he is already on me My husband bolts upright a man with a goal To soothe every knot in my weary dark soul [Chorus] No woman is an island or so the poets say But I am an archipelago of tension before day Ask not for whom the iPhone rings in the pre dawn sun The bell tolls for the back massage man and his work has just begun Yes the bell tolls for the back massage man Doing the heavy lifting with a two hand master plan [Verse 2] It is a Pavlovian masterpiece a feat of the mind Twenty five years of training to be this refined He heard the alarm and he did not ask why He just moved to the rhythm of a low frequency sigh Now he is like a lab dog at the sound of the bell Doing manual labor while I am under his spell He is kneading out my shoulders with a focus so deep While I navigate the border of guilt and of sleep [Verse 3] I thought about explaining that the timer was for me To start the coffee brewing just some fresh coffee I opened up my mouth to say Honey you can rest But then his thumb hit that one spot the one I like best Right there on the rhomboid the one on the right And my moral compass vanished right out of my sight If he wants to be a hero at this ungodly hour Who am I to deny him his back rubbing power [Chorus] No woman is an island or so the poets say But I am an archipelago of tension before day Ask not for whom the iPhone rings in the pre dawn sun The bell tolls for the back massage man and his work has just begun Yes the bell tolls for the back massage man Doing the heavy lifting with a two hand master plan [Verse 4] I feel a bit guilty a twinge in my heart To watch him work so hard before the day even starts But then I remember the decades it took To get him this conditioned without even a look Twenty five years of subtle suggestions and cues Until he is the one paying my relaxation dues He is checking for alignment like a structural engineer While I am checking how much longer I can keep him right here [Verse 5] Every morning at the buzzer he fulfills the prophecy A slave to the vibration and the chime of Galaxy Is it gaslighting Perhaps Is it cruel Maybe so But my lower back is supple and I have got that morning glow He thinks he is answering a summons from the heavens up above But it is just a snooze button cycle fueled by accidental love I will tell him the truth tomorrow or maybe in a year But for now I will just enjoy having my massage man right here [Verse 6] So if you hear a ringing in the house across the way At an hour where the bats are still out at their play Do not worry for the neighbor she is having a grand time While the Bell Tolls echo loudly in a pre dawn chime He is the back massage man and he is happy in his role Jesus saves my mortal soul while he saves my weary spirit I have got him right where I want him after all of this time And I will reward him with a good time but for now it is sublime [Bridge] I do not know and I do not care what he does during the day He babbles about stocks and shares as if I shared his cares As if he imagines that I shared his financial affairs All I really want at the end of the fray Is to feel his back rub night and day [Chorus] No woman is an island or so the poets say But I am an archipelago of tension before day Ask not for whom the iPhone rings in the pre dawn sun The bell tolls for the back massage man and his work has just begun Yes the bell tolls for the back massage man Doing the heavy lifting with a two hand master plan [Outro] [Music fades to a soft guitar loop, vocals become spoken word] Alexa set a timer for ten minutes Actually make it twenty Keep going honey it feels so good Alexa , cancel timer, turn on spa music - ! Keep going honey it feels so good Keep going honey! it feels so good! Feels so good, my sweet - Feels, good, massage man - [End]
