Brother James

The nurse removed me in a rush,
You feared I had already breathed my last
My face was tender to the touch
But aren’t we all that way as we come to life?

Could that which wrapped around my neck
And that which gave me life
Much more quickly be my death

The tool to save me on the desk
It may hurt they say
But it’s worth it for a breath

As my skin turned blue
You didn’t know what to do
You feared my first day was my last
Do you remember now?

But that was 24 years ago
The memory don’t keep you up at night anymore,
You’ve watched your baby face the world,
but fear hasn’t gone, it just took a different form

It hurts me just as much as you
So as I try to breathe, would you hold me close
Cause I can’t tell safety net from noose,
And when it’s hard to tell,
It’s hard to know where i can go

As my skin turns blue,
I don’t know what to do,
I need to find the truth,
but I don’t know how

If I cut the cord
would you hold me like you did?
If I couldn’t call him Lord,
would you still
love me now?

The nurse removed me in a rush,
You feared I had already breathed my last