Prosthetic Love

[Verse 1] 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 [Verse 2] 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 [Verse 3] 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 [Verse 4] 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 wager and mine’s a joke Give him what he wants he will never know He’s tied up trying to let himself go [Verse 5] 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