From the recording Life Support
This one completely changed direction from when I first wrote it in 1984. It was originally titled "Bleeding Heart", but when I looked at it again in 2025 I only kept the verses. I deleted the original chorus, and given what I had been through in 2024, completely rewrote it along with the bridge around the theme "I'm on Life Support".
What came out is one of my absolute favourite songs on this particular album. It's part biographical (with me obviously being on life support in 2024), but the song also goes further and talks about the soul - the ground being barren and my bones being dry and empty, needing the wings of love to lift me out of this place. The bridge is a cry to "fill this soul and start me up".
So, the song is essentially a prayer or a psalm - a call that recognises the condition I am in - both physically and spiritually - and seeking divine help because I recognise I am at rock bottom and on life support.
Lyrics
My mind is dull
My brain is dead
There’s no imagination left
Inside my head
I can’t take it
I can’t take it
What used to be warm
Now feels so very cold
I have been left out
I’m on my own
I can’t take it
I can’t take it
Love is the drug to fill me up
My soul is like an empty cup
The ground is barren my bones are dry
Give me wings so that I can fly
I’m on life support
I’m on life support
Fill this soul and start me up
Fill this soul and start me up
Fill this soul and start me up
Fill this soul and start me up
Love is the drug to fill me up
My soul is like an empty cup
The ground is barren my bones are dry
Give me wings so that I can fly
I’m on life support
Life support
I know I never listened
I went on my merry way
But I really hurt so much now
I just want to change
I can’t take it
I can’t take it
Love is the drug to fill me up
My soul is like an empty cup
The ground is barren my bones are dry
Give me wings so that I can fly
I’m on life support
Life support
Fill this soul and start me up
Fill this soul and start me up
Fill this soul and start me up
Fill this soul and start me up
Love is the drug to fill me up
My soul is like an empty cup
The ground is barren my bones are dry
Give me wings so that I can fly
I’m on life support
Life support