It's what you want
It's your amphetamine
Another night you're settling
For comfort in your bed

The more you fill
The more you're empty
You're never what you should be
Here is why you're sad

You're miserable
When he is close
So take another drink
Another drink will numb those senses

And make the most
Of flesh and bones
If it helps you
To fall asleep

I'm watching you change
It doesn't have to be this way
It gets harder everyday
So you keep numb to feel safe

Fuck what you know
Can't you see its shallow?
Every time you swallow,
Do you get a taste of what you've become?

Regrets, they wake you in the morning
You shower but you're not clean
Please just listen

I still remember the days
When you didn't feel the need to escape
And every demon you never face
Is the reason you're not safe

Please understand that you've had every chance
You've had all the time
All the time in the world

You don't listen


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    i disagree with the sex view on this song. it's so much deeper than that. there are several references to drugs and alcohol in this song. i think that he's singing about losing somebody to another person but that person isn't happy and fakes it. in order to convince themselves of their own happiness they drink. 'the more you fill the more your empty' another drug reference is the shower but your not clean and losing sight of who that person once was. my personal fav lines are "I still remember the days When you didn't feel the need to escape And every demon you never face Is the reason you're not safe" he's saying he remembers back when you didn't need drugs to block out life. this person won't face their problems. incredible song in my opinion about abuse

    urbson February 11, 2006   Link

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