Prosthetic Love

My folks had left the TV on I was falling in love years before I ever met someone Like a prayer you don't expect an answer, though you ask for one Was sure my love would come along Like some rare bird and only I would recognize the song Like the actors I've seen on the television with the stage lights on What I found was a gamble You threw yourself in with me, made a cross, and you lit a candle But we were only strangers cornered in a dark room Projecting slides of cozy lives on the wall In the light I thought I saw you Was it nothing at all? Of everyone I ever knew I'm giving it all to you I'm asking everything in return and I have nothing left to lose I'll get it back through you I'll take your offer It's time I wake and I'm still alive Outlived my expiration date Imagine my surprise It's a backwards take on The Book of Job His life was a wager and mine's a joke Give him what he wants He will never know He's tired of trying to let himself go Of everyone I ever knew I've gotten used to you I've grown attached to you being here Of everyone I ever knew I've learned to count on you As my own fingers Of everyone I ever knew I've gotten close to you I've grown attached to you being here Of everyone I ever knew I've learned to count on you As my own fingers