I came upon the live version first, wow I was so humbled. My wife is into her 5+ years of stage 4 lung cancer and I can relate her experience to the lyrics. I have to attribute her longevity to UC health near Denver, however in recent times she started Chemo, though it has stopped working.
The lyrics: Poisoned his blood, and burned out his throat refer to the kind (location) of cancer he had. My wife did not experience that pain, though she has terrible side effects. 'Poisoned his blood' yes, so much so that she had to sleep separately for the first 3 days following each treatment.
'God and medicine take no mercy on him'-She is a religious person too and very stoic about her journey, me: I fall apart easy. Her medicine ultimately failed, her god has surrounded her with kind support people.
'You're right next to me
But you're a long way from home' Again, her meds keep her mind adrift, always the new side effects. Often she questions the wisdom of continuing.
'Who ran for the hills from the hand you were dealt'- Sad, but some choose to leave rather than be a care-giver. Me, I'm in it for the long haul.
I came upon the live version first, wow I was so humbled. My wife is into her 5+ years of stage 4 lung cancer and I can relate her experience to the lyrics. I have to attribute her longevity to UC health near Denver, however in recent times she started Chemo, though it has stopped working.
The lyrics: Poisoned his blood, and burned out his throat refer to the kind (location) of cancer he had. My wife did not experience that pain, though she has terrible side effects. 'Poisoned his blood' yes, so much so that she had to sleep separately for the first 3 days following each treatment.
'God and medicine take no mercy on him'-She is a religious person too and very stoic about her journey, me: I fall apart easy. Her medicine ultimately failed, her god has surrounded her with kind support people.
'You're right next to me But you're a long way from home' Again, her meds keep her mind adrift, always the new side effects. Often she questions the wisdom of continuing.
'Who ran for the hills from the hand you were dealt'- Sad, but some choose to leave rather than be a care-giver. Me, I'm in it for the long haul.