Prosthetic Love

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My folks had left the TV on
G
I was falling in love years
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before I ever met someone
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Like a prayer you don't expect an answer,
            C
though you ask for one

G                           Em
Was sure my love would come along
G                            C
Like some rare bird and only I

would recognize the song
Em                                G
Like the actors I've seen on the television
         C
with the stage lights on

G                   Em
What I found was a gamble
G                          C
You threw yourself in with me,

made a cross, and you lit a candle
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But we were only strangers cornered in a dark room
G                          C            Em
Projecting slides of cozy lives on the wall
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In the light I thought I saw you
         C
Was it nothing at all?

Em                 G
Of everyone I ever knew

I'm giving it all to you
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I'm asking everything in return
                           G
and I have nothing left to lose

I'll get it back through you
     C
I'll take your offer

G                              Em
It's time I wake and I'm still alive
G                        C
Outlived my expiration date

Imagine my surprise
Em                                   G
It's a backwards take on The Book of Job
                                  C
His life was a wager and mine's a joke

Give him what he wants

He will never know
                                    Em
He's tired of trying to let himself go

                    G
Of everyone I ever knew

I've gotten used to you
C                                 Em
I've grown attached to you being here
                    G
Of everyone I ever knew

I've learned to count on you
C
As my own fingers
Em                  G
Of everyone I ever knew

I've gotten close to you
C                                Em
I've grown attached to you being here
                   G
Of everyone I ever knew

I've learned to count on you
C
As my own fingers