“Kettering” is the second track off of The Antlers' album Hospice.
It introduces the relationship between the patient and the hospice worker, most likely symbolic of an emotionally abusive relationship.
The name refers to the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. This introduces...
[Verse 1]
I wish that I had known in that first minute we met
The unpayable debt that I owed you
Because you'd been abused by the bone that refused you
And you hired me to make up for that
[Verse 2]
Walking in that room when you had tubes in your arms
Those singing morphine alarms out of tune
Kept you sleeping and even, and I didn't believe them
When they called you a hurricane thunderclap
[Verse 3]
When I was checking vitals I suggested a smile
You didn't talk for a while, you were freezing
You said you hated my tone, it made you feel so alone
And so you told me I ought to be leaving
[Verse 4]
But something kept me standing by that hospital bed
I should have quit, but instead, I took care of you
You made me sleep and uneven, and I didn't believe them
When they told me that there was no saving you
Kettering was written by Peter Silberman.
Kettering was produced by The Antlers.
The Antlers released Kettering on Mon Mar 23 2009.