Chopping Block
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Daniel, he lay dying in his hospital room
When the blinds flew open like a bird said he wasn't gonna die
He opened his eyes, stood up and traced his fingers
Through the dust on the windowsill
Daniel Downs from Harlow, Minnesota
Everyone's going to die
Have you become the eyes
That have been watching down on you?
Put on your shoes, it ain't right
That the world's your friend
It only spins you 'round and 'round
I said I'd hold your hand
I never promised you wouldn't drown
Take the elevator down
Walked him along the hospital hallway walls
Walk into the elevator shaft
He heard a phonograph machine
And the walls were smooth like the skin on her face in the magazine
Daniel Downs from Harlow, Minnesota
Everyone's going to die
Have you become the eyes
That have been watching down on you?
Put on your shoes, it ain't right
That the world's your friend
It only spins you 'round and 'round
I said I'd hold your hand
I never promised you wouldn't drown
Take the elevator down
He stood by the stairs while the nurse
Walked by with her hair pinned up
Hot light, the heat off his television set
Daniel tried not to think of her like that
Just stare at the curls of her dress and the polished floor
No one ever told him he had legs and arms
Now he's sitting on the chopping block thinking and he won't go
Out walking through the back porch and the yard
He's afraid that the sun's gonna fade into stars
It always happens and it's something
That he looks at when he don't know
If he's already dead, if he's already dead
No one ever told him he had legs and arms
Now he's sitting on the chopping block thinking and he won't go
Out walking through the back porch and the yard
He's afraid that the sun's gonna fade into stars
It always happens and it's something
That he looks at when he don't know
If he's already dead, if he's already dead
Daniel Downs from Harlow, Minnesota
Everyone's going to die
Have you become the eyes
That have been watching down on you?
Put on your shoes, it ain't right
That the world's your friend
It only spins you 'round and 'round
I said I'd hold your hand
I never promised you wouldn't drown
Take the elevator down