Hope

Bring me the poison that rots in the vein

I've tied off my arm, where's the dope?

I already know the first one is free

So bring me the drug that they call hope



Bring me the burglar who deals in my dreams

I offer my neck, where's the rope?

I'm up on the stool, just one little kick

It's only a foot or so to hope



Now that the warden's locked the children in the closet

When they're weak enough the screaming's gonna stop

So I'll take comfort in the silence of the chamber

Knowing soon enough the pellet's gonna drop



Here comes the thief who has stolen my past

As vision and reason elope

I've got nothing left to sell but my soul

For the transient fix that they call hope



Pardon my staring in bald disbelief

As silence greets my stethoscope

My expression is set and frozen in stone

In the chilly museum they call hope