Kettering

I wish that I had known in that first minute we met
 The unpayable debt that I owed you
 'Cause you'd been abused by the bone that refused you
 And you hired me to make up for that
 Walking in that room when you had tubes in your arms
 Those singing morphine alarms, out of tune
 Kept you sleeping and even, and I didn't believe them
 When they called you a hurricane thunderclap
 When I was checking vitals, I suggested a smile
 You didn't talk for a while
 You were freezing
 You said you hated my tone
 It made you feel so alone
 And so you told me I ought to be leaving
 But something kept me standing by that hospital bed
 I should have quit, but instead I took care of you
 You made me sleep and uneven, and I didn't believe them
 When they told me that there was no saving you
 
 I wish that I had known in that first minute we met
 The unpayable debt that I owed you
 'Cause you'd been abused by the bone that refused you
 And you hired me to make up for that
 Walking in that room when you had tubes in your arms
 Those singing morphine alarms, out of tune
 Kept you sleeping and even, and I didn't believe them
 When they called you a hurricane thunderclap
 When I was checking vitals, I suggested a smile
 You didn't talk for a while
 You were freezing
 You said you hated my tone
 It made you feel so alone
 And so you told me I ought to be leaving
 But something kept me standing by that hospital bed
 I should have quit, but instead I took care of you
 You made me sleep and uneven, and I didn't believe them
 When they told me that there was no saving you