Prosthetic Love

My folks they left the TV on

I was falling in love years before I ever met someone

Like a prayer you don't expect an answer

Though you ask for one

And sure my love would come along

Like some little bird and only I would recognize its' home

Like the actors I see on the television

With the stage lights on

What I found was a gamble

You threw yourself in with me

Made a cross and you lit a candle

But we were only strangers calling in a dark room

Rejecting stars or cozy lives on the wall

In the dark I thought I saw you

Or was it nothing at all

Every one I ever knew

I'm giving it all to you

I'm asking everything in return

And I have nothing left to lose

I'll get it back through you

And take your offer

This time I wake I'm still alive

Now in my expiration date imagine my surprise

Some backwards take on the book of Job

His life was a wager and mine's a joke

Give him what he wants, he will never know

He's tired of trying to let himself go

With everyone I ever knew

I've gotten used to use

I've grown attached to you being here

With everyone I ever knew

I've learned to count on you

As not on my fingers

With everyone I ever knew

I've gotten used to use

I've grown attached to you being here

With everyone I ever knew

I've learned to count on you

As not on my fingers