Medical Center

Lyrics

[Intro - 10 second instrumental, no vocals: a pill bottle rattling like a shaker, a heartbeat-monitor blip, a beat building]

[Verse 1]
Up on the hill where they call it the Pill,
three big hospitals and time standing still;
rattle the bottle, shake out the day,
Medical Center keeping the dark away.

[Verse 2]
A heartbeat blips on a glowing screen,
the most anxious-hopeful place you've seen;
they patch you up and they send you down the line,
the hill of healing where you wait for a sign.

[Chorus]
Medical Center, rattle and shake,
the pill-bottle beat for the heart's own sake;
shake, shake, shake out the fear and the hope,
Pill Hill humming at the end of a rope.

[Outro - instrumental, no vocals: the pill-rattle and the monitor blip, fading to a steady tone]