Dr. Meyers

[Intro: Ren]

All my thoughts are turning blue

Tell me, what's a boy to do?

All my yesterdays are fading from the view

And every night I lay awake

Waiting for the day to break

Just to share another memory with you

[Verse 1: Ren]

Dear diary, it's Jeremiah, I've been trying more to write

Because these nights get mighty long up on this ward right after light

The bedside lamp illuminates the trail and path of my pen

That's how I feel about the good Dr. Meyers, my friend

You see, so Dr. Meyers said that I'm responding so еxquisitely

And physically responsive to prеscriptions on delivery

I'm fit to be walking out here in three weeks tops

I wanna be just like the doctor when I grow up

Mummy said that we got lucky 'cause we can't afford none

And getting let into this trial was a gift from the sun

And we got shined on from the heavens, man, this doctor's my hero

He sometimes jokes around and calls me patient zero

'Cause my patience's zero, I mean, I'm kind of hyper

I'm prone to be staying up and pulling all-nighters

And these side effects kind of make my sleeping a nightmare

My mouth gets dry sometimes, no saliva

The pain ain't stopping, but the doctor said, "Patience"

My patience is zero, I told you, I hate it

The doctor said that it gets dark before dawn

Every rose has it thorns, best to weather the storm

So 4 in the morning, I'll say, "Goodnight"

And if I sleep, then it's a blessing from the holy skies

Every night is a drag, but the daytime's nice

'Cause Dr. Meyers will be there, so I know I'll be fine

[Chorus: Ren]

All my thoughts are turning blue

Tell me, what's a boy to do?

All my yesterdays are fading from the view

And every night I lay awake

Waiting for the day to break

Just to share another memory with you

[Verse 2: Chris Webby & Ren]

Dr. Rick Meyers, September 21st

Patient thirteen appears to be gettin' worse

It's seeming like these treatments not only failed to work

But have made his condition critical, crippling adverse

Symptoms and side effects like the last twelve kids

Pardon me, I mean test subjects

I gotta give myself distance from my feelings, this is science, nothing more

And so I hide behind that mindset anytime that I'm unsure

I was hired to find a cure and so at times I come off heartless

But my job's to stay on target and bring this product to market

Gotta keep the funding coming, gotta finish what we started

Gotta crack some eggs to make this multi-million dollar omelet

With these corporate pharma reps and they've been breathin' down my neck

And they're the ones who write the checks, really, what the fuck you expect?

I got a wife and two boys of my own I gotta protect

So these kids at the clinic are just numbers I've written next to the date and time of the test

Nothin' more, nothin' less

Blame the parents if you wanna, they signed a form of consent

But this Jeremiah kid, shit, there I go again

Patient thirteen, I mean, something 'bout him's different

Says he wants to be like me and so I say that he'll become

An even better doctor knowin' that that day'll never come

His pulse has been gettin' weaker, now there's fluid in his lungs

Dr. Meyers?

Get some rest, patient zero, we're almost done

[Chorus: Ren]

All my thoughts are turning blue

Tell me, what's a boy to do?

All my yesterdays are fading from the view

And every night I lay awake

Waiting for the day to break

Just to share another memory with you

[Verse 3: Chris Webby]

Dr. Rick Meyers, September 29th

Patient thirteen didn't make it through the night

His name was Jeremiah and he loved to read and write

And I can't help but feel responsible, I gotta make this right

Gotta find that breakthrough, gotta give the company somethin'

Or else I'm afraid they'll start to lose interest and pull their fundin'

So I studied every study and double checked every entry

In the journal I've been writin', just hopin' something'll catch me

Didn't sleep for three days 'til I figured it out

And once I did I knew that I could realistically vouch

To have it finished up by Christmas, so I called and set a meet

So I could tell my bosses I was just weeks away from complete

Little patient thirteen and the twelve who came before him

And the sacrifice they gave us would be for somethin' important

For the science to prevail, gotta learn to live with the losses

I repeated in my thoughts as I went to step in the office

[Interlude: Chris Webby]

Hey, I'm here for the meeting

Oh, yes, Dr. Michaels, have a seat

It's Meyers, uh, just you here today?

Well, you know how busy things get

Right, okay, well, anyways

I finally had a breakthrough on the research with the formula and it's actually—

Okay, let me just stop you right there

But

Mm, we've decided to go in a different direction with the funding

What?

Well, there's this new weight loss product in trials right now, Gila Monster venom actually

Gila Monster?

Yeah, everyone's really excited about it over here

What?

But kids died on my watch

Listen, we are so sorry to hear that

You're sorry?

We want to thank you so much for your hard work, Dr. Michaels

Ugh, Meyers

Sure, and you really are one of our best and brightest

But, but

Listen, I'm sure we'll have another project with your name on it very soon

No, no, no, listen, I—

Great, I'll have my assistant reach out

Your assistant?

Have yourself a nice day

[Chorus: Ren]

All my thoughts are turning blue

Tell me, what's a boy to do?

All my yesterdays are fading from the view

And every night I lay awake

Waiting for the day to break

Just to share another memory with you