Rez Band - The Chair lyrics

rate me

Paralyzing facts countless diseases

Semi-mobile, semi-useless, sub-human

So many startled eyes say only an occasional ray of light

But feel free to subtract any ray of hope.

Disabled confined labeled and shelved

Minus-limbs minus-movement minus-worth

So sorry, they say, but they forget me.

Once a year they buy themselves that right.

We want understanding not pity

We need love not occassional headlines

We've been used and abused and aborted for years

and I've learned not to expect respect for my tears

Regular check-ups needles and charts

The nodding of heads and the shedding of hearts

My legs are defenseless this chair is my cell

My food is my medicine reality hell

Disabled confined labeled and shelved

Minus-limbs minus-movement minus-worth

"so sorry" they say, but they forget me.

Once a year they buy themselves that right.

We want understanding not pity

We need love not occassional headlines

We've been used and abused and aborted for years

And I've learned not to expect respect for my tears

Sometimes I feel so removed

Lost in a maze of self-pity and dreams

No one regards me I just don't belong

They don't know how to react around me

Sometimes I feel so removed

Lost in a maze of self-pity and dreams

No one regards me I just don't belong

They don't know how to react around me

Until you came to me Lord

I had so little to live for

Til you came to me Lord

I had nowhere to turn

Jesus you alone have helped me to grow

Beyond my circumstance and despair

My suffering can't compare to what you took willingly

My sacrifice nowhere near what you gave on that tree

I can see though I'm blind

Loving one at a time

There is so much that I can do

Giving love and following you

Giving love and following you

I'm so glad you care

Let my love flow beyond this chair.

Thanks to Peter for correcting these lyrics