[Verse 1]
I got blood
Blood on my hands
The stain of
Of a human
I finally awoke
To my mother's wrath
Call lights
Bed sores and sponge baths
[Pre-Chorus]
Firstly do no harm
Then put your seatbelt on
[Chorus]
Buckle up
Buckle up
[Verse 2]
The drapes pull back
Reveal her wound
Her boy on her lap
A murderer groomed
[Verse 3]
Antiquities lost
Lost to the Nile
A sudden slip
A fall on the tile
[Pre-Chorus]
Firstly do no harm
Then put your seatbelt on
[Chorus]
Buckle up
Buckle up
Buckle up
Buckle up
I got blood
Blood on my hands
The stain of
Of a human
I finally awoke
To my mother's wrath
Call lights
Bed sores and sponge baths
Firstly do no harm
Then put your seatbelt on
Buckle up
Buckle up
The drapes pull back
Reveal her wound
Her boy on her lap
A murderer groomed
Antiquities lost
Lost to the Nile
A sudden slip
A fall on the tile
Firstly do no harm
Then put your seatbelt on
Buckle up
Buckle up
Buckle up
Buckle up
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I think this is about a male doctor whose mother is sending him on a guilt trip.
I got blood Blood on my hands The stain of, of a human
[Stanza 1 - all about the act of an abortion]
I finally awoke To my mother's wrath Call lights Bed sores and sponge baths
[Stanza 2 - His mother is unhappy with what he does - he feels her judgment]
Firstly do no harm Then put your seatbelt on Buckle up Buckle up
[Stanza 3 - The Dr. Hippocratic oath is brought here - likely her saying - you aren't supposed to hurt people but you are murdering babies - She is putting the guilt TRIP on hard and he needs to "buckle up" because she isn't stopping any time soon]
The drapes pull back Reveal her wound Her boy on her lap A murderer groomed
[Stanza 4 - At some point the mother likely says - "What if I aborted you?!" and he imagines pulling back the drapes in a hospital and seeing his mother in the delivery room holding him (he is her "wound" because he disappoints her because he does abortions - he is on her lap and eventually becomes an abortion doctor (a murderer groomed)]
Antiquities lost Lost to the Nile A sudden slip A fall on the tile
[Stanza 5 - this is more about how she is probably saying how America has lost its way, "Make America great again" - we have lost the old (Antique) way .. "Lost to the Nile" is likely a play on words in his mind saying she is in "denial". ((I am struggling with the Sudden slip and fall on the time))
Firstly do no harm Then put your seatbelt on Buckle up Buckle up Buckle up Buckle up
[Stanza 6 - more reminders from his mom that he should "do no harm" and he has to continually listen to her guilt him - so he puts on his seatbelt for the guilt trip.]