Guest: Thom Wall – ‘A Lover’s Hand’
When the doctor left the room I started to cry
I’m so confused, I’m so lost
A lover’s hand is where I want to lie
I can’t see myself anymore
I can’t see right or wrong
I sit in a small room
Next to a man I know as my friend
I start to cry and then my head lays at rest in his lap;
The lap of a man I now know as more than just a friend
I am confused, I am scared.
At times violence takes over me
And my vision is a blur
I smoke, eat badly and I struggle with sleep
A man held my hand
This brings me fear and that brings me tears
I hurt a man today
I put a needle in his arm
That man will die now
What an awful thing I’ve done
I lie in my lover’s lap once more
I kiss him and tell him I need him
He said nothing because he knew
Sadness takes over me
I have no control
Lord take me now
But the others feel the anger too
My actions lead and lovers depart
I feel the sadness no more
My friend is a sad man
As once was I
Tears role from his cheek
We now stand hand in hand
I don’t know if I want this
He kisses me and tells me he needs me
I said nothing because I feared
I want to help but I don’t know how
His actions build him a world of pain
His actions end his world in vain
My heart lay broken
My gut felt sick
My hands act anger
I cause the death of a man
More blood is shed
And with it no peace
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