No.214.A Living Doll

**[Verse 1]**
I stared at the ceiling.
A nurse came to reposition my body.
I gazed out the window.
Another nurse came to change my position.
I looked at a wall.
Today was over.

**[Pre-Chorus 1]**
I was alive, but I couldn’t do anything.

**[Chorus 1]**
I’m not dead, but I feel like a corpse.
I can’t even press the nurse call button.
I’m at the mercy of the nurses.
I was like a living doll.

**[Verse 2]**
My plasma has been replaced.
The female doctor said, “Your Guillain-Barré syndrome has been cured.
However, the motor nerves that have stopped functioning will not return to normal immediately.”
Time passed.

**[Pre-Chorus 2]**
I underwent rehabilitation training. I couldn’t move my neck, legs, or arms. I was in tears.

**[Chorus 2]**
I’m not dead, but I feel like a corpse.
I can’t even press the nurse call button.
I’m at the mercy of the nurses.
I was like a living doll.

**[Instrumental Solo]**

**[Verse 3]**
My wife visited me every day,
telling me funny stories and helping me move.
No matter how funny the stories were,
I couldn’t laugh; I could only nod along.
My body moved like Pinocchio.

**[Pre-Chorus 3]**
The summer days when I chased after you across the sandy beach are now a distant memory.

**[Chorus 3]**
I’m not dead, but I feel like a corpse.
I can’t even press the nurse call button.
I’m at the mercy of the nurses.
I was like a living doll.

**[Bridge]**
The world was moving, but I remained motionless.

**[Final Chorus]**
I’m not dead, but I feel like a corpse.
I can’t even press the nurse call button.
I’m at the mercy of the nurses.
I was like a living doll.

**[Instrumental Solo]**

**[Fade Out]**

**[Sound]**
A fusion of funk with a 16-beat rhythm, featuring acoustic drums, slap bass guitar, acoustic piano, electric guitar, a horn section, strings, falsetto male vocals, female harmonies, and jazzy improvisation with a chromatic approach.

**Verse:** Like a Corpse
**Pre-Chorus:** Gazed at the ceiling
**Chorus:** A living doll
**Key:** D Minor
**Tempo:** 135 bpm
**Duration:** 4:00
**Title:** A Living Doll

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