Under the knife - Kansas

Buried deep under blood and skin

A whisper a tempest is raging from within

I hold my breath, bitter proud

Afraid to scream fire in the middle of a crowd

I ponder incision, envision the brain

I beckon the surgeon to a slice against the grain

Now that I’ve waisted you

The white room is pure, the doctors are brave

If there’s a cure I want to be saved, Sanctuary

Under the knife sharp and shiny key

Repair, redeem, resurrection

Under the knife they’ll cut you out of me

Maybe love’s imitation is life, under the knife

I have come to define a of sins

In a black dream, a court room where the triumph never ends

I have come to determine a reasonable doubt

Where heaven and hell draw their boundary lines abound

Now that I’ve wasted you, now that I’ve tasted you

White room had frost on the cold window pane

Your love had been lost, my love was in vain, Sanctuary

Under the knife sharp and shiny key

Repair, redeem, resurrection, yeah

Under the knife, they’ll cut you out of me

Maybe dreams can be larger than life

Under the knife, yeah

Cynical splices, stitch and install

Solder the filaments, I feel nothing at all

Second wind secrets, let them rise let them fall

I’ll walk through your firestorm but never never crawl

Gambler lives, the blood stain dries

It’s time to forgive, I open my eyes, Sanctuary

Under the knife sharp and shiny key

Repair, redeem, resurrection

Under the knife they’ll cut you out of me

Maybe love’s imitation is life, under the knife

Under the knife sharp and shiny key

Repair, redeem, resurrection

Under the knife they’ll cut you out of me

Maybe dreams can be larger than life

Under the knife, yeah