Kettering Lyrics - Hospice - Antlers

i wish that i had known 

in that first minute we met 

the unpayable debt that I'd owe 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 voice 

they're singing morphine alarms 

out of tune 

they had you sleeping and eating 

and i didn't believe them 

when they called you 

a hurricane thundercloud 

while 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 

so you told me 

i had to be leaving 

but something kept me standing 

by that hospital bed 

i should've quit but instead 

i took care of you 

you made me sleep all uneven 

and i didn't believe them 

when they told me that there 

was no saving you