Medic

Lyrics

Verse 1
White coat
Blood on the sleeve
Stuttgart winter
He never learned to grieve
Cold eyes
Counting every breath
Charts full of scribbles
Laughing at death

Steel tray
Shaking in his hand
He hums to himself
Says
“Try to stand”
Latin on the wall
He can’t even read
But he loves the way
The wounds all bleed

Chorus
Giant needles
Held up to the light
He lives for the tremor
Not for the life
You pray for mercy
He prays you don’t flinch
He’s measuring your nightmare
In every single inch
Giant needles
Shining in his fist
He doesn’t see a patient
Just a target he missed (one more time)

Verse 2
No oath
Just echoing halls
Bootsteps ringing
Like a slow drumroll
He smiles
When the cuts run red
“So tell me again
Where exactly it bled?”

No name
You’re a numbered file
He sharpens the tips
Takes his time
All the while
“Relax”
He whispers too close
“Science is cruel”
He loves that the most

Chorus
Giant needles
Held up to the light
He lives for the tremor
Not for the life
You pray for mercy
He prays you don’t flinch
He’s measuring your nightmare
In every single inch
Giant needles
Shining in his fist
He doesn’t see a patient
Just a target he missed (hey!)

Bridge
[Halftime
Drums drop to toms
Low chant]
How many scars
Carry his name
How many ghosts
Still curse that wing
Raised in the walls
Of a faithless age
He traded every soul
For the thrill of the gauge

Chorus
Giant needles
Held up to the light
He lives for the tremor
Not for the life
You pray for mercy
He prays you don’t flinch
He’s measuring your nightmare
In every single inch
Giant needles
Gleaming as you scream
He is not a healer
He’s the monster in the beam (giant needles)