​human being

Your heart’s made out of metal
It’s pumping out pure lead
And it’s trying to pretend
That it’s made out of flesh

Your fingers fall apart
Because they’re made of stone
And you called me to ask
If this is what it’s like letting go

And you trace my body shape and say how nice it would be to be human
And I am asleep in my dreams thinking how nice it would be to be anything else

My head is in my hands
I try to make sense of it all
And you say this is beautiful
As you look at the dead end of the hall

We are sitting in the corner
Listening to the pitches of their voices
And your ears start growing flowers
And you tear them apart to hear the noises

And you trace my body shape and say how nice it would be to be human
And I am asleep in my dreams thinking how nice it would be to be anything else
And you trace my body shape and say how nice it would be to be human
And I yell at you in my sleep screaming how nice it would be to stop being
And you trace my body shape and say how nice it would be to be human
And I wake up in my sheets just another morning as a human being
And you trace my body shape and say how nice it would be to be human
And I take the train thinking how nice it would be to be anything else