Story Behind The Song

Life full of addictions

Song Description

drugs liquor and you

Lyrics

(Verse 1)
The glass is sweating on the coaster again
Calculated poison, my oldest friend
The needle's point, the velvet sting
I've traded my soul for the hum of the ring
It's a hollow ache in the back of my throat
A sinking anchor on a paper boat
I numb the edges, I blur the lines
Just to keep from reading the warning signs.


(Chorus)
But it's not enough to kill the ghost in the room
I'm chasing the high, I'm chasing the doom
It's the bottle, the powder, the rush in my veins
The chemical winter, the rust on my chains
But the heaviest habit, the one that cuts through
Is the way that I'm hooked--I'm addicted to you.


(Verse 2)
You're the liquid fire, you're the rush to the head
Everything I want, and the things that I dread
I'm a moth to the flame of your sharp-edged grace
Chasing the shadow of your hollowed-out face
I'm trading my sanity, brick by brick
You're the only sickness that I want to pick
You're the comedown waiting when the lights go low
The only place left that I know how to go.


(Chorus)
'Cause it's not enough to kill the ghost in the room
I'm chasing the high, I'm chasing the doom
It's the bottle, the powder, the rush in my veins
The chemical winter, the rust on my chains
But the heaviest habit, the one that cuts through
Is the way that I'm hooked--I'm addicted to you.


(Bridge)
One shot to steady the trembling hand
One line to help me stand where I can't stand
One touch from you and I'm losing the plot
You're the poison I'm craving, the mark that I've got
I'm drowning in spirits, I'm burning in white
But none of it touches the way you own the night.


(Guitar Solo - Distorted, slow, and bluesy)


(Outro)
So pour me another...
Give me the spark...
Just keep me from seeing the hole in the dark.
It's the whiskey, the powder, the lies that are true...
God help me, I'm dying.
And I'm addicted to you.
(Just addicted to you)
(Always you)