First, do no harm She was just an organ that failed when my compromised body lost the fight But growing up was what made me so fucking sick And I was done up heavy with thick blackened muck That stuck to my bones and guts and stained every action With the oily sense that it wasn't enough First, do no harm You are only a woman and he is merely a man And I can be at peace with what you are But growing up was what made me so fucking sick And I was done up heavy with thick blackened muck That stuck to my bones and stained every word That stuck to my guts, and actions with the sense that I was not enough But I can be at peace with your neglect, and the look in his hair-trigger eyes When a life full of misguided lies burst upon him like a sudden summer storm First, do no harm In deference to your sick logic that says: "If the shoe don't fit, cut off the leg" But I found two old tumours and cut them out instead So overtired from pulling this thread He worked his whole life for the soul of a worm And his cold, panicked sweat makes the grave seem warm He worked his whole life for the soul of a worm And his cold, panicked sweat makes the grave seem warm But growing up was what made me so fucking sick And I was done up heavy with thick blackened muck But growing up was what made me so fucking sick And I was done up heavy... First do no harm! But I found two old tumors and cut them out instead