Limb By Limb

The shoulder that I leaned on was carved out of stone
But when I'm done freezing I want to be alone

Never want my hand cut off (never want a hacking cough)
Never need a cliffside push (never turn my brain to mush)
Always give me what I lack (always take the better parts back)
Always recognize your fate (always just a moment late)
Left is where I always turn (left is how I'm forced to learn)
Left the route my walking takes (left along with my mistakes)
Up against a person who (up till now I never knew)
Up from hell the answer blew
Up or down it's up to you

Drop me off the Chinese wall
And peel my fingers off the rim
I come unglued while in midair
And land to reform limb by limb

(And I am taken far away)
Ring, rang, slowly melting away
(And I am taken far away)
Tossed with the salad and baled with the hay
(And I am taken far away)
Cooling like water that drips from above
(And I am taken far away)
Trampled by lambs and pecked by the dove

Drop me off the Chinese wall
And peel my fingers off the rim
I come unglued while in midair
And land to reform limb by limb