Limb by Limb

The shoulder that I leaned on was carved out of stone

But when I'm done freezing I want to be alone

Never want my hand cut off (never want a hacking cough)

Never need a cliffside push (never turn my brain to mush)

Always give me what I lack (always take the better parts back)

Always recognize your fate (always just a moment late)

Left is where I always turn (left is how I'm forced to learn)

Left the route my walking takes (left along with my mistakes)

Up against a person who (up till now I never knew)

Up from hell the answer blew

Up or down it's up to you

Drop me off the Chinese wall

And peel my fingers off the rim

I come unglued while in midair

And land to reform limb by limb

(And I am taken far away)

Ring, rang, slowly melting away

(And I am taken far away)

Tossed with the salad and baled with the hay

(And I am taken far away)

Cooling like water that drips from above

(And I am taken far away)

Trampled by lambs and pecked by the dove

Drop me off the Chinese wall

And peel my fingers off the rim

I come unglued while in midair

And land to reform limb by limb