Citizen Soldier - ICU lyrics
Citizen Soldier [Salt Lake City. Utah. U.S.]
[Citizen Soldier - ICU lyrics]
You've been hurting in a million ways
No one else can see
'Cause no one took 'em serious
Till the injuries
So you took it out of
God's hands and into yours
And threw up the prescription
On the bathroom floor
You didn't wanna hurt no more
I see - you crying in a gown that's blue
Screaming through a breathing tube
"How'd I get to this place?" I see you
Wondering how you came unglued
Feeling like your whole life's screwed
"Who could love me this way?"
You couldn't hear a single word they
Said in that padded room
When every day all of your darkest
Thoughts kept on coming true
Lying in the ICU
You've been carving maps into your skin
To make the sickness show
A kind of suffering that's never fit
A diagnostic code
So you pictured all the faces
When they'd hear the news
Thought your body in a bag
Would be enough to prove
That this was real and not some sad excuse
I see - you crying in a gown that's blue
Screaming through a breathing tube
"How'd I get to this place?" I see you
Wondering how you came unglued
Feeling like your whole life's screwed
"Who could love me this way?"
You couldn't hear a single word they
Said in that padded room
("Hey kid, are you okay?")
When every day all of your darkest
Thoughts kept on coming true
I see you trying not to cry
Just wishing you had not survived
But don't give up, give it a little time
Some day you'll see that you
Were worth this fight
I see you wide awake all night
A million prayers, not even one reply
But don't give up 'cause there's another side
And you still have a lot of songs to write
I see - you crying in a gown that's blue
Screaming through a breathing tube
"How'd I get to this place?" I see you
Wondering how you came unglued
Feeling like your whole life's screwed
"Who could love me this way?"
You couldn't hear a single word they
Said in that padded room
When every day all of your darkest
Thoughts kept on coming true
Lying in the ICU
No one else can see
'Cause no one took 'em serious
Till the injuries
So you took it out of
God's hands and into yours
And threw up the prescription
On the bathroom floor
You didn't wanna hurt no more
I see - you crying in a gown that's blue
Screaming through a breathing tube
"How'd I get to this place?" I see you
Wondering how you came unglued
Feeling like your whole life's screwed
"Who could love me this way?"
You couldn't hear a single word they
Said in that padded room
When every day all of your darkest
Thoughts kept on coming true
Lying in the ICU
You've been carving maps into your skin
To make the sickness show
A kind of suffering that's never fit
A diagnostic code
So you pictured all the faces
When they'd hear the news
Thought your body in a bag
Would be enough to prove
That this was real and not some sad excuse
I see - you crying in a gown that's blue
Screaming through a breathing tube
"How'd I get to this place?" I see you
Wondering how you came unglued
Feeling like your whole life's screwed
"Who could love me this way?"
You couldn't hear a single word they
Said in that padded room
("Hey kid, are you okay?")
When every day all of your darkest
Thoughts kept on coming true
I see you trying not to cry
Just wishing you had not survived
But don't give up, give it a little time
Some day you'll see that you
Were worth this fight
I see you wide awake all night
A million prayers, not even one reply
But don't give up 'cause there's another side
And you still have a lot of songs to write
I see - you crying in a gown that's blue
Screaming through a breathing tube
"How'd I get to this place?" I see you
Wondering how you came unglued
Feeling like your whole life's screwed
"Who could love me this way?"
You couldn't hear a single word they
Said in that padded room
When every day all of your darkest
Thoughts kept on coming true
Lying in the ICU