If you've witnessed a loved one's decline in old age, which challenges the notion that any quality of life is worth living, you will understand Invisible Man.

Invisible Man

Sorry I didn’t turn up for our meeting
It must have completely slipped my mind
I was lost in thoughts I keep repeating
You know how we all lose track of time?
I didn’t even know it was your birthday
I wrote it down but forgot it just the same
How could I recall it was today
When I can’t even remember my own name

Is it time to turn my face to the wall?
It’d be a way to escape it all                                                
I could get out from under this cloud without a helping hand
I can feel myself melting away
There’s a little less of me every day
Am I becoming an invisible man?

Did I ever tell you I used to be a teacher?
Kids looked up to me, I had respect
Did I ever tell you I used to be a teacher?
I may have done but perhaps I forget
I lived to be the centre of attention
Surrounded by all my dearest friends
Not just existing like this in suspension
Now I’ve no Christmas cards to send

Is it time to turn my face to the wall?
It’d be a way to escape it all                                                
I could get out from under this cloud without a helping hand
I can feel myself melting away
There’s a little less of me every day
Am I becoming an invisible man?

Some think that you can live for too long
But that’s easy to say when you’re young
Cause that’s not when you have to be strong
To suffer on through days that should be done

So I won’t turn my face to the wall
Why would I give up on this all
When I can get out from under this cloud with your helping hand?
Though I feel myself falling apart
While you’re holding me in your heart
I’ll never be an invisible man
I’ll never be an invisible man
I’ll never be an invisible man

Copyright Alistair McIntosh 2024

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