Hospital Lung - The Answering Machine

I am a transplanted heart

Meant for the shadows of skyscrapers

Morning coffee and newspapers

I am a hospital lung

Plugged into the wall

Tricked into breathing by another man

Tracks buckle, rumble through my nerves

I don’t want to go, breaking underground

In the hospitals, in the hospitals, in the hospitals

We’re never gonna wire you in

Release it and let it out

In the hospitals, in the hospitals, in the hospitals

We’re never gonna wire you in

Release it and let it out

Of my hospital lung

I am a violent tongue

Cracked through a crowd of bar crawlers

Stacked in the shadows of subway stalkers

I am a hospital lung

Collapsed onto the floor

Inflated into being by another man

Tracks buckle, rumble through my nerves

And our bodies break into pieces, underground

In the hospitals, in the hospitals, in the hospitals

We’re never gonna wire you in

Release it and let it out

In the hospitals, in the hospitals, in the hospitals

We’re never gonna wire you in

Release it and let it out

Of my hospital lung

I’m not breathing in

I’m not breathing

I’m not breathing in

Hospital lung

I’m not breathing in

I’m not breathing

I’m not breathing in

I’m not breathing