IRON LUNG LYRICS

1. Diagnosis

(stage 1) The skin is red. does not return. not normal. relief of pressure. (stage 2) Skin is blistered, peeling, cracked. damage is still minor. (stage 3) skin may be damaged. drainage. it may be seen. (stage 4) Deep crater-like ulcers, full thickness of skin. tissues are destroyed. now you have been diagnosed. now you know you're option-less. the only choice is to go underneath the knife. sedation. face the knife or meet DEATH.

2. Condemned

infantile respirators increased the chance of their survival. IRON LUNGS for all the children stricken by the crippling curse. then the vaccines condemned the machine that prolonged the lives of children.

3. Shingles

Painful outbreak along my side. painful blisters rapidly appear. virus stays dormant along the spinal cord in the nerve root. herpes roster now becomes active.

4. One Cure For Two Diseases

For use with patients who have no power. mullikins can travel with you, the portable type of IRON LUNG. wear the chest plate,snap the hose in and move with pride. passengers with polio no longer bed ridden. wear your shiny IRON LUNG. be the envy of their eyes. the 50's now belong to you. when polio is on the move, consume. baby boomers with the virus still wither slowly yet high in fashion. buy the goods and be supreme. you'll still die.

5. Cauterization

burning or branding iron. to burn with a hot iron or needle or with a caustic substance so as to destroy dead or unwanted tissue. prevent the spread of infection. cauterization.

6. Paralyzed Words

40 years in an IRON LUNG. at least the neckbrace prevents him from seeing his withered, fucked up body. the only way he can cope with the pain is by pouring out paralyzed words. pain and suffering turned to poetry.

7. Manafactured

manufactured DEATH compartment. manufactured DEATH compartment. custom made for the patient. manufactured LIFE depression.

8. Care For The Machine

put light cylinder oil in the four joints of operating lever. check gear reduction unit once a year filling with 600w mobile oil. wipe leather diaphragm inside and out once a year.

9. A Grim Possibility For Owen Moses

too much oxygen in the bloodstream metabolism affected. grossly underweight. bottom 10%. open heart surgery on a fucking baby.

10. Life, Iron Lung, Death

LIFE. IRON LUNG. DEATH.

11. Primal Therapy Pt. 3

Foetal enlightenment.
Release, in a form of tearfall,
the repressed sufferings
from before and during birth
This is vital.
Now you understand LIFE and emotion.

12. Rate Of Respiration

turn band wheel to right too increase the rate of respiration. changing respiration rate. turn left to decrease the rate.

13. Life's Worth

when confined to a respiration device, one tends to question the worth of LIFE. should I breathe and suffer or rest in DEATH? DEATH. now I wait. patience.

14. Cleansing Breath

Swiss tested v-shaped valve
(guillotine) revolutionized
mechanical breathing.
Every fifth breath
is a cleansing breath.
80c 20m 1980.

15. Stricken

stricken. paradise lost to polio. friends are gone. the curse of LIFE in an IRON LUNG. everyone forgets you're alive. die alone and in pain.

16. Complications

food or vomit aspirated. serious ulcers lacerated. complications may arise when the patient is immobilized. complications may arise when the patient is placed inside the device.

17. Jarvik 7

"... and this came from the understanding that people want a normal LIFE." "... and just being alive is not good enough." an artificial heart intended to last a LIFEtime

18. Focal Segmental Glomerular Sclerosis

focal segmental glomerular sclerosis. inability to process proteins. fluid retention and great swelling. damaged glomerulus waste products in my blood. diurectics excrete excess salt and water. use prednisone to destroy infection.

19. Thankful

54 years old, 51 interred. longest living victim, she remains thankful. confinement to the massive respirator bulbo-spinal polio. "I've had a good LIFE"

20. As Technology Advances

scientists and profiteers are stalling conditions. drinkers and emersons are stalling conditions. as technology advances.

21. Sound Of Cold

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IRON LUNG LYRICS