[Hook]

Save my soul

From what may be

Everything that I hold close

Has faded away

So give me

That final choice

Give me freedom

Or give me an early grave

[Verse 1]

I feel like I'm wasting time

Waiting on this thing we call life

Death cannot come any sooner

Can it, my old friend?

My bones have become so frail

My eye sight is going too

And I wonder how long it will be

Until it finally ends

[Bridge]

I feel my memories fade

Answers that I'll only forget

To questions I ask

That's something that I expect

[Hook]

[Verse 2]

Been so long since I felt joy

Back to when I was just a boy

That's all that I remember

Every now and then

I wanna see my wife again

I haven't seen her in so long

They say I saw her yesterday

The folks in blue always say

[Bridge 2]

I don't need help today!

You need to just get away!

Where's my family?

Some day, they'll set me free!

[Hook]

[Verse 3]

Have to wonder 'bout the things that go through his head

He gets so snappy, wish he would be calm instead

His family couldn't afford to keep him cared for

So his outbursts are what we are prepared for

He walks alone, 'round the home, every single breath he breathes

Speaking words and sentences to someone only he can see

We help him understand things, but I don't think he can

So confused, sometimes he'll urinate where he stands!

His wife died years ago, time with her he wants investin' in

But we cannot tell him or he'll get so depressed again

If he's denied being let outside, he's gets so livid

Only calm when his children and their families visit

I see in his eyes that's he's hurting like an injury

Wish I had the power to put him out of his misery

A malfunctioning brain inside a rusty shell

But I'm just a carer, doing what I can and must to help

[Hook 2]

Save his soul

From what he's become

Everything that he holds close

Has faded away

Hope that soon

He will escape

And have some freedom

During his final days