Couldn't save the savior from savoring If this life now hurts you, I'm sorry Can I hold a candle to enduring Taken in a way that you say Say you can feel it Refusal of the anesthetic for this amputee Cut off parts and cut up pieces Lord, I know you're looking down Won't you give me the strength To cut these hands free Cut a river through my veins Drowned out by this contradiction Beaten back from your position Comforted by some fucking superstition I thought I could hold on with one hand But you knew I couldn't do it Refusal of the anesthetic for this amputee Cut off parts and cut up pieces Lord, I know you're looking down Won't you give me the strength Pull that trigger, put that bullet through my [I] never understood Why you wouldn't want to think But now I understand perfectly Its just the anesthetic given to the amputee Cut off parts and cut up pieces Lord I know you're looking down Won't you give me the strength Pull that trigger, put that bullet through my brain