Nathaniel Liles - Nerves

So uh... What's next with him?"
"Starting tomorrow... He gets taller"

From where ink drips to where it lives
I only have so much to give
But if my legs have been cut off
I think they've carried me far enough

I'm growing eyeballs, stop the floor
My legs won't carry me anymore
Give me a lease, cut me some slack
Because my nerves are growing back

I've had a numb, numb spot for days
But everybody says that it's okay
I'm popping stitches down my back
But at least black bird's still got my back

And when I think that I'm immune
Everybody's mad cos it's too soon
Am I a desperate basket case
Or have I just not found my place?

You think you know me now, okay
But I'll be different day by day
And on the days that I'm no use
We'll call a temporary truce

Extra arms and extra legs
No sixth sense or handsome face
A nose is growing on my back
But now my eyes are turning black

I've seen way, way darker days
But the spider says that I'm gonna be okay
My dreams are slowly coming back
And my nerves, my nerves are growing back

I'm just an outline, just a sketch
But you still say it under breath
The shapes, they aren't all there
But there's light and color everywhere

I'm just a blueprint, this is shit
But I think I'm getting used to it
I grow my own limbs, get the knack
Until my nerves start growing back

"So what's it like then? You know, fags and booze?"
"Well to be honest, after years of smoking and drinking
You do sometimes look at yourself and think..."
"Yep..."
"You know, just sometimes in between the first cigarette
With coffee in the morning to that four-hundredth glass of corner shop piss at 3 AM...
You do sometimes look at yourself and think..."
"Yep..."
"This is fantastic. I'm in heaven"

Written by:
Nathaniel Liles

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