Terry's Taxidermy - Teddy Hyde

You could die and come back as someone else

If you’re enticed by what I sell

Just need to sign and I’ll stuff you well

Here at Terry’s

When they die they’re dying to be rebuilt

With bigger smiles like you wish they did

Hindsight is a tricky thing

So get creative

Lilac eyes that’ll never wilt

Can’t say goodbye with no lungs to fill

Comfy company, a human quilt

Preservation

Sleep on a couch in an empty home

Kicked out of bed by the memory foam

Reason it out with the heads I’ve sewn

My poised and harlequin eternal loves

At Terry’s Taxidermy, I’ll leave you neat as a figurine

I’ll remedy the death of thee, your memory forever seen

I’ll set you free

At Terry’s Taxidermy, I’ll leave you neat as a figurine

I don’t need to let go, so long as I

Bring a sweet and special doll to life

So I keep this mental compromise

Justification

But the nights are cold next to empty chests

And polished arms in which I’d never rest

I come to harm, but they can never fret

Isolation

And I’ve got a heart pumping messy blood

And all these parts I could better cut

And quit the farce of these imperfect guts

Contemplation

Sleep on a couch in an empty home

Kicked out of bed by the memory foam

Reason it out with the heads I’ve sewn

My poised and harlequin eternal loves

At Terry’s Taxidermy, I’ll leave you neat as a figurine

I’ll remedy the death of thee, your memory forever seen

I’ll set you free

Speaker: Thank you for joining us today as we celebrate the life of Dr. Tich.

As many of you know, Terrence attempted to taxidermy himself.

He was a man of

perfectionism, not a man of foresight, and consequently he started with his

eyes.

What followed was less than his best work, leading to today’s service

being a closed casket.

If you’ll all please join in a prayer-- Oh, Jesus Christ!

Someone help me pick him up…