I wrote a story confess all
With the strength of a paper doll
The shock runs up my spine with every fall
I hear a shattering sound
As I break beneath this weight
How could I depend upon this frame
My legs go numb
This grip is stifling
Crushing the nerves in my back
Followed by a traumatic collapse
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I drag this mess with shaking hands
Taking these staggering steps
How I long to walk again
I drag this mess with shaking hands
Taking these staggering steps
I'd give everything to stand on my own again
My tolerance for pain descends
It's like broken gla** buried under my skin
What little strength I have is wasted on these sores
I suppose I could drown myself
In a sea of alcohol and opiates
Twisting and writhing
A crutch a vice a marginal respite
[Chorus]
I drag this mess with shaking hands
Taking these staggering steps
How I long to walk again
I drag this mess with shaking hands
Taking these staggering steps
I'd give everything to stand on my own again
My plagues coursing through my veins
And I can't stop this bleeding
Oh God it won't stop bleeding
I dream that I could run
It's something that I lost in all this searching
For the strength to carry on
[Chorus]
I drag this mess with shaking hands
Taking these staggering steps
How I long to walk again
I drag this mess with shaking hands
Taking these staggering steps
I'd give everything to stand on my own again