The Break

The Break - Alice Ripley

They told me that the wiring

Was somehow all misfiring

And screwing up the signals

In my brain

And then they told me chemistry

The juice and not the circuitry

Was mixing up and making me insane

What happens when the burn has healed

But the skin has not regrown

What happens when the cast

At last come off

And then you find the break

Was always in another bone

They tried a million meds and

They strapped to their beds and

They shrugged and told me

That's the way it goes

When finally you hit it

I asked you just what did it

You shrugged and said

That no one really knows

What happens if the medicine

Wasn't really in control

What happens if the cut

The burn the break

Was never in my brain

Or in my blood

But in my soul

What happens if the cut

The burn the break

Was never in my brain

Or in my blood

But in my soul