The Weakerthans
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Opening the second side of Reconstruction Site, (Hospital Vespers) is the second of three songs on the album that share a common vocal melody, lyrical structure, and parenthetical-surrounded titles.
While (Manifest) and (Past Due) stick fairly closely to the formal structure of a Shakespearean sonn...
Doctors played your dosage like a card trick
Scrabbled down the hallways yelling ”Yahtzee!”
I brought books on Hopper, and the Arctic
Something called "The Politics of Lonely"
A toothbrush and a Quick Pick with the plus
You tried not to roll your sunken eyes
And said ”Hey can you help me? I can't reach it”
Pointed at the camera in the ceiling
I climbed up, blocked it so they couldn't see
Turned to find you out of bed, and kneeling
Before the nurses came, took you away
I stood there on a chair and watched you pray
(Hospital Vespers) was written by John K. Samson.
The Weakerthans released (Hospital Vespers) on Tue Aug 26 2003.