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Prosthetic Love Lyrics
My folks they left the TV on
I was falling in love years before I ever met someone
Like a prayer you don't expect an answer
Though you ask for one
Assured my love would come along
Like some rare bird and only I would recognize its' song
Like the actress I'd seen on the television
With the stage lights on
What I found was a gamble
You threw yourself in with me
Made a cross and you lit a candle
But we were only strangers cornered in a dark room
Projecting slides of cozy lives on the wall
And in the light I thought I saw you
Or was it nothing at all
Of everyone I ever knew
I'm giving it all to you
And asking everything in return
I have nothing left to lose
I'll get it back through you
I'll take your offer
Each time I wake I'm still alive
Outlived my expiration date, imagine my surprise
A backwards take on the book of Job
His life was a wager and mine's a joke
Give him what he wants, he will never know
He's tied up trying to let himself go
Of everyone I ever knew
I've gotten used to you
I've grown attached to you being here
Of everyone I ever knew
I learned to count on you
As my own fingers
Of everyone I ever knew
I've gotten close to you
I've grown attached to you being here
Of everyone I ever knew
I learned to count on you
As my own fingers
I was falling in love years before I ever met someone
Like a prayer you don't expect an answer
Though you ask for one
Like some rare bird and only I would recognize its' song
Like the actress I'd seen on the television
With the stage lights on
You threw yourself in with me
Made a cross and you lit a candle
Projecting slides of cozy lives on the wall
And in the light I thought I saw you
Or was it nothing at all
I'm giving it all to you
And asking everything in return
I have nothing left to lose
I'll get it back through you
I'll take your offer
Outlived my expiration date, imagine my surprise
A backwards take on the book of Job
His life was a wager and mine's a joke
Give him what he wants, he will never know
He's tied up trying to let himself go
I've gotten used to you
I've grown attached to you being here
Of everyone I ever knew
I learned to count on you
As my own fingers
I've gotten close to you
I've grown attached to you being here
Of everyone I ever knew
I learned to count on you
As my own fingers
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The writer, spent a significant time alone during his childhood. The song is about a boy, who's spent in recovery is left to watch television. It describes an infatuation with a television celebrity. You can both feel the pain of isolation, and the dangers of a "Created reality" or "Prosthetic love" that arises from this.