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*** Trigger Warning ***
This lyric is written from the perspective of a fictional narrator living past a terminal diagnosis. It is not an autobiography; it is an exploration of what a person asks, and of whom, when the answers offered no longer hold.
May have a word with you
For once
There is no gold in hearing truth
My iron will has melted
Poured in flawed casts
I am trying to understand
That all suffering
Is part of some master plan
From what I just heard
I sure have some choice
Words-for-Word
My hope rests upon bruised knees
Praying this torment
Is not by holy design
“Once again
The blood tracks you see on the floor
Bleed into the wood grain
Because I stepped on your used syringe”
“No microphone, no tv screen,
Just the AM radio setting the scene.
I stood on the sofa, waving my hands,
Singing to an imaginary crowd.”
“C Instruct assembl 1st
Or no go good
Assembl
1st”
“Heavenly One
The first mortal man
Has arrived unwilling
Yet remains a broken”
“I remember a lot of things
About firsts and lasts and spreading wings
But the things that I remember most
Aren’t the things today’s kids would post”
“We need to bring humble back
It seems we all need more of that
We need to bring humble back
It seems like a better way to act”
“I was thirsty
So I left my home in McMurdo
To search for living water
In the Atacama Desert”
“I met a woman,
Who was living in a cardboard box
She saw me watching her and said…
Is it so hard for you to believe”
“I'm married to a woman
Who drives me crazy
I must own
A world record of rules”
“I turn on my
Particle accelerators
To learn of life lessons
I try to teach me”
“Don't know if this is you
But I was born whole
And one day
Those I loved once”
“(Verse 1)
Like a TV show, Eight is Enough
We made it through the times that were tough
A chorus of voices, the more the merrier”
The Vault is your private workspace, included with every membership. Store drafts, capture ideas, organise your work into folders, and track how your lyrics evolve over time. It’s where your words live before they’re ready for the world — or whether they ever are.
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Submit any original lyric and it will be beautifully typeset, dated, and given its own permanent page.
Browse the full catalogue, message other members, and build a portfolio that represents your work properly.
Every lyric in the catalogue is original, verified, and available to be found. If you're a singer or recording artist searching for material, SongwriterLink is where the writing lives — properly presented, properly attributed, and ready for you.
And if you're a lyricist wondering whether publishing here could lead to a collaboration — this is how it starts. Every singer who browses is a potential voice for your words. For active co-writer matching, verse-chorus.com is worth exploring alongside us.
Read more about who it’s for →“Your Elton might already be out there searching.”
