Lying here alone on long odds
calling on those palliative gods
to set and mend this fractured heart
but they’re raising the alarm
Was it faithless your vow to first do no harm?
I was languishing in a sickbed
and you used all you skills on this patient
restored my health
with that cooling medicine
took me in with gentle arms
Did mishear that pledge to first do no harm?
The day came she had to go
but didn’t deign to tell me so
I fell through the floor
hurt worse than before
It’s all over and it’s all the time
Did you tend me just to send me flatlining?
The day came she had to go
but didn’t deign to tell me so
I fell through the floor
hurt worse than before
amplifying the alarm
Did mishear that pledge to first do no harm?
Was it faithless your vow to first do no harm?
Who was that promise to you’d first do no harm?
Who was that promise to you’d first do no harm?
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