As I awake from my sleep
Mortal pain grips my soul
I try to scream so deep
But no sound come from below
I scream and scream again
Why is all the noise held within
Louder and louder I will go
Still no sound will show

Despartly trying to move my hand
Left and right and forward again
I can see it on the bed
Just laying there playing dead
Why can't you move I think in despair
Then I see it's still lying there
What has happened to me
All I can do is see

Then the rush comes so fast
The truth I know at long last
Shot down in the prime of life
Had managed to save my wife
The gunmans bullet had struck the spine
While standing between hers and mine
My brain is all that functions now
Hope to get by somehow
There's no chance of getting well
I'm stuck inside this frozen shell.