Continuity Ghost

[Verse 1]
The blue plastic cap on the insulin vial clicks off at 4 AM.
Counting the units like a rosary, a little pressure, a little amen.
There’s a scar on my thumb from a backboard in ‘09, the only part that’s stayed in place.
Is this body a loaner car, all patchwork and new grace?

[Chorus]
(Second vocalist, ethereal)
If I change all the parts out, am I still the man you knew?
A continuity ghost, honey, still trying to love you.

[Verse 2]
Your hair on the pillowcase smells like yesterday's rain and the bus.
I trace the map of your veins while you're sleeping, trying to remember us.
The boy who told you jokes in that clinic waiting room, is he still in this blood?
Or just a story I tell myself when the sugar is a flood.

[Chorus]
(Second vocalist, ethereal)
If I change all the parts out, am I still the man you knew?
A continuity ghost, honey, still trying to love you.

[Bridge]
You rolled over last Tuesday, said, "Your hands feel different now."
And all I could think about was which ones, and how?

[Chorus]
(Second vocalist, ethereal, with lead vocal harmonies)
If I change all the parts out, am I still the man you knew?
A continuity ghost, honey, still trying to love you.

[Outro]
Same river, different water...
Same man, different pulse...