Deus Ex Machina by This Glass Embrace Lyrics
[Verse 1]
As soon as she spoke, he knew something was wrong
Her voice thick with crying, so shaky and raw
He stood in the doorway, still frozen in place
Surprise and uncertainty masking his face
[Chorus 1]
Her hand still reaching for the doorbell
She looked up and said
"I didn't know where I was going... I'm sorry...
My feet must have carried me here."
She took a step forward and fell
He reached out his arms
And in the light from the streetlamps he saw
The face he once loved
He saw her face streaked with dirt and with blood
[Verse 2]
She said, "There's been an accident...
Oh God, I'm not feeling too well
And I'm sorry, but I couldn't stop thinking
If this is really it... here, right now
If this is the last time that I close my eyes
I wanted them to look into your eyes
Just one last time."
[Chorus 2]
Then something inside of him broke
As he grasped for the phone
In a voice choked with tears he stammered
"It's my girl- ... I mean... my ex- ... she needs help."
The telephone slipped through his fingers
He held her in his arms
And he whispered, or he prayed
"Everything's going to be all right."
"Please, God... let her be all right…"
[Bridge]
She said, "Hold me... the room's getting dim…"
Then her mouth whispered something
He could barely hear
"If I die tonight, please let it be here in your arms."
"I'm so sorry..." he gasped through the tears
"Love, I'm sorry... sorry for all of this
But I promise you, I'll never leave you again"
[Chorus 3]
And all the way to the hospital room
He held her hand
And spent the next two nights desperately praying
From a chair across the room from her bed
On Tuesday she opened her eyes
And whispered three words
And he kissed her and whispered them back with a smile
And he breathed a prayer to the sky of soft gratitude
"She's okay... she's alright... thank You..."
As soon as she spoke, he knew something was wrong
Her voice thick with crying, so shaky and raw
He stood in the doorway, still frozen in place
Surprise and uncertainty masking his face
[Chorus 1]
Her hand still reaching for the doorbell
She looked up and said
"I didn't know where I was going... I'm sorry...
My feet must have carried me here."
She took a step forward and fell
He reached out his arms
And in the light from the streetlamps he saw
The face he once loved
He saw her face streaked with dirt and with blood
[Verse 2]
She said, "There's been an accident...
Oh God, I'm not feeling too well
And I'm sorry, but I couldn't stop thinking
If this is really it... here, right now
If this is the last time that I close my eyes
I wanted them to look into your eyes
Just one last time."
[Chorus 2]
Then something inside of him broke
As he grasped for the phone
In a voice choked with tears he stammered
"It's my girl- ... I mean... my ex- ... she needs help."
The telephone slipped through his fingers
He held her in his arms
And he whispered, or he prayed
"Everything's going to be all right."
"Please, God... let her be all right…"
[Bridge]
She said, "Hold me... the room's getting dim…"
Then her mouth whispered something
He could barely hear
"If I die tonight, please let it be here in your arms."
"I'm so sorry..." he gasped through the tears
"Love, I'm sorry... sorry for all of this
But I promise you, I'll never leave you again"
[Chorus 3]
And all the way to the hospital room
He held her hand
And spent the next two nights desperately praying
From a chair across the room from her bed
On Tuesday she opened her eyes
And whispered three words
And he kissed her and whispered them back with a smile
And he breathed a prayer to the sky of soft gratitude
"She's okay... she's alright... thank You..."