By Your Bedside

The hands move painfully forward
 Time's progression reminds you of the limit of yours
 Every second another step
 Towards the answers to questions no one wants to ask
 Kept alive by machines...
 Your life has been gone from the moment you knew
 Living half dead asleep
 This fragile shell finally overcome by life
 The kids only know you're not well
 The last visit they kissed you and said goodbye
 They won't forget, and soon wonder
 Where it was you went, how can they see you again?
 Kept alive by machines...
 Your life has been gone from the moment you knew
 Living half dead asleep
 This fragile shell finally overcome by life
 By your bedside, you'll soon die
 The machines won't save you, just look at your flesh
 Swollen, discolored, putrid
 You'll soon be dead
 The hands move painfully forward
 Time's progression reminds you of the limit of yours
 Every second another step
 Towards the answers to questions no one wants to ask
 As seconds melt into death
 We are relieved to not see pain on your face
 The hands have moved into the dark
 All lines are flat, and you have moved onward
 Kept alive by machines...
 Your life has been gone from the moment you knew
 Living half dead asleep
 This fragile shell finally overcome by life