Doctor
Healing Shadows: Unraveling the Desperation in Wishbone Ash's 'Doctor'
Lyrics
Doctor can you help me please
Asking for assistance from a doctor
I'm laying on the floor
Physically down and in need of help
I need a glass of something
Desire for a drink or substance
Like you gave me once before
Referencing a previous aid or treatment
I'll send my little messenger
Intending to send someone with payment
He'll bring the money to you
Committing to send money to the doctor
He'll slowly make his way back home
Expecting the messenger to return safely
There'll be no horror show today my friends
No disastrous situation anticipated today
And me well be up and get away
Plans to recover and escape the current situation
CHORUS:
Refrain/chorus: Providing for needs to avoid emptiness
If I fill your every need
Suggesting fulfillment of needs prevents emptiness
You won't feel so empty
Implied manipulation through support
In my web I'll bet your life
Engulfment in a controlling situation
You're dead before you're thirty
Predicting a premature death
Doctor can you help me please
Repetition of seeking help from the doctor
I trust you like my mum
Trusting the doctor similar to trusting a mother
I know that you won't stop me turning
Belief in the doctor's continued support
All the whole world on
Alluding to the doctor's influence on the world
You know that I'll always come to you
Reliance on the doctor during difficult times
When everything goes wrong
Seeking help when everything goes awry
You pick me up, don't let me go down
Expectation of the doctor's assistance to prevent downfall
To the horror show today my friend
Reiteration of avoiding a disastrous situation
And me well be up and get away
Intent to recover and escape once more
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