*I look at you
You look away
you've got nothing you can say
you should've told me before
I passed through your bedroom door
Will it hurt?  Yes it will
Will it hurt?  It will kill
For most death comes suddenly, but for years I'll get a taste
and it all began on your spiral staircase

The symptoms of your sickness are starting you show
I'm beginning to feel what no one should know

My mouth is turning white, but my skin is black and blue
I wake up soaked in my own sweat and it's all because of you

So I went to the doctor and he told me the truth
I won't be getting better
because of three letters

Thalidomide can try to hide the pain I feel inside
Sulfur and septra can only disguise the pain seen through my eyes
But Thalidomide can't hide the pain I feel inside

*Chorus

you should've told me if you knew
now I'm slowly disintegrating
just like you

Yesterday I had to tell my mother what you decided not to tell me
and she cried
my God, did she cry
I guess it's not easy to hear
that your baby's going to die

*Chorus