The deep cut is painless When the blade is sharpest From a red bead to a river And then it's over A life Can mean so little A momentary flicker And then it's over The deep cut is painless When the blade is sharpest Numb for so long Nerves on a knife edge Comatose comfort If man is wolf to man Then run with me To take a life Can be so simple Sleight of hand betrayal And then it's over Starved of sensation Watch me die slow It might have been different To give my life Will be so simple From a red bead to a river And then it's over The deep cut is painless When the blade is sharpest Numb for so long