On your good days you are strong and tall
Straight-backed and handsome as a god
Nothing sticks to you and nothing hurts
You move with confidence through the world
And you can feel it coming in your head
You wake up fearful and full of dread
You see a dark shape over the sky
You have a blur slips over your eyes
Human frailty, it's brutal
Trying to keep that light on long as you can
That's the thing about bravery - it'll use you up
Human frailty eats at what you want
Human frailty laughs at what you've done
Then you get a fever and it puts you in bed
Gagging and choking for the smallest breath
You get better and then you get worse
Nothing helps you and nothing works
You call out for everyone you've met
You can feel it breathing down your neck
You can't make any sense of it
You can't use it or reason with it
Human frailty, it's brutal
Trying to keep that light on long as you can
That's the thing about bravery - it'll use you up
Human frailty eats at what you want
Human frailty laughs at what you've done
I hear kind words from your mouth
Your heart's open but I don't know how
You move forward but you're full of doubt