Catherine’s wheel

I feel as though I've lost a limb
Because I cannot walk I'll swim
Cut this knot beneath my throat
Bequeathed a plastic gem of hope
Which only melted in the sun
Which only melted in the sun
Leave me to rock upon the waves
Of this chlorine water maze, having none

Dark as the ocean deep in the ghostland

Keys were stolen from the guards
Broke our fingers in the bars
Broken on the wheel
Caught with an extra crust of bread
Golden teeth from off the dead
Broken on the wheel
Just a trespass from the tents
On the wrong side of the fence
Broken on the wheel
Digging trenches with a spade
Badly shined the captain's boot
Broken on the wheel

A simple enough deception
From which there's scarce protection
If we'd been manufactured
Could we tell?

I feel as though I've lost a limb
Because I cannot walk I'll swim
Cut this knot beneath my throat
Bequeathed a plastic gem of hope
Which only melted in the sun
Which only melted in the sun
Leave me to rock upon the waves
Of this chlorine water maze, having none