Favourite Patient

[Verse 1] When you get home from work And you change out your shirt I'll watch the light just play and fall Right off your skin In the flickers of the moonlight I can tell that something's not right That there's a whole world in there That you won't let me in To understand it, how could anyone even begin? [Verse 2] So you ask me how my day went I try to feign some sense of achievement And I run my mouth till I forget I haven't asked you a thing My selfish little mind ran away with itself again Maybe I'm too scared to ask you Or it's the insignificance of all that I do When I spend my time walking around in all I've left unsaid While you've been working all night and the ward's running out of beds [Verse 3] I finally ask you how your day went You say you lost your favourite patient While I was working on a masterpiece no one will ever hear I can't help but think, "What the hell is it that I'm even doing here?" [Verse 4] Because your life is in the moment What is needed, most important You put yourself to one side and provide Do what needs to be done Mine is a world of my own making Words I've swallowed, time I'm taking You don't judge or ever question what it is I do it for But I watch you and I know I could do so much more [Outro] I hope I can help in some way I hope I can help in some way I hope I can help in some small way I hope I can help in some way I hope I can help in some way I hope I can help in some small way