The Engineer

The Engineer
I sing the body electric
You cut the meat from the bone
I peeled back layers of static
And now I just can't be alone

I am the body electric
I am the meat and the bone
I am this fear fantastic
You will never be alone

You bring me scraps from the table
I was once an engineer
You regard me with a steady gaze
I don't know why I come here

You take the scraps so grateful
I am now the engineer
Avert your eyes while I sleep so fitful
Feel my hand, feel your fear

I wring my hands with the feeling
You are sleeping like a dog
I keep watch while you are resting

Eyes, eye-fringes, iris of the eye, eye-brows
And the waking or sleeping of the lids
Mouth, tongue, lips, teeth, roof of the mouth jaws

Jaw-hinges
Eye-fringes
Jaw-hinges

I sing the body electric
You cut the meat from the bone
I peeled back layers of static
And now I just can't be alone

I am the body electric
I am the meat and the bone
I am this fear fantastic
You will never be alone

Eyes, eye-fringes, iris of the eye, eye-brows
And the waking or sleeping of the lids,
Mouth, tongue, lips, teeth, roof of the mouth jaws