[Intro] (softly, humming) Why should I feel discouraged Why should the shadows come [Verse 1] (softly, piano only) Blue nitrile snaps against my wrist Smooth it flat, no pocket, no gap Second skin over the second skin Count the seal, then count it again [Verse 2] (softly) Morning through the plywood slats Dust falls slow like weather in a trap Tire iron cold against my thigh Six feet of air keeps a healer alive [Pre-Chorus] (building) They wrote it on the door in a shaking hand Stay out, they hear the heartbeat coming [Chorus] (belted, organ swells) His eye is on the sparrow That's the hymn my grandmother sang I hum it in the marrow Where a whole choir used to ring Double-gloved and clean Six feet from every open vein I answer to no heartbeat No heartbeat but my own [Verse 3] (half-time, sparse) Amoxicillin for a boy named Marcus Leg gone the color of a plum The W fell off the algreens sign And the dark inside is where the synced ones come [Bridge] (low, tense) The protocol is just a way to count The seconds down until you die I check the seal one final time And walk into the concrete's open mouth [Chorus] (belted) His eye is on the sparrow That's the hymn my grandmother sang I hum it in the marrow Where a whole choir used to ring Double-gloved and clean Six feet from every open vein I answer to no heartbeat No heartbeat but my own [Outro] (humming, cutting off mid-note) I sing because I'm happy I sing because I'm [End]
