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 best 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 alone with my mistakes

Up against the person who

Up 'til 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

Lingering slowly melting away

Tossed with the salad and baled with the hay

Pooling the water that drips from above

Trampled by lambs pecked by the dove