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Rise Against – Injection Lyrics 19 years ago
so as superficial as this sounds, i think it's actually about drugs. i could relate almost all of it to life experiences. just hear me out.

Do you spend your days counting the hours you're awake?
And when night covers the sky you find yourself doing the same
There's a burden you've been bearing in spite of all your prayers
There's a light turned off inside your heart, can you remember what it's like to care?

*in my experience, i found that the harder the drugs, the less responsive the abuser is to others feelings. most people don't fall asleep while they're on a high, and when you're a compulsive addict, you spend A LOT of time getting your kick*


Knees are weak, hands are shaking, I can't breathe
So give me the drug, keep me alive
Give me what's left of my life
Don't let me go

*when you need a fix, you get jittery. anxious. some users would rather die than quit.*

Pull this plug
Let me breathe
On my own
I'm finally free
Don't let me go

*contemplating getting help? going to rehab maybe? trying to decide ultimately whether drugs or friends and family are more important?*

The trail of crumbs you left somehow got lost along the way
If you never meant to leave, then you only had to stay
But the memories that haunt us are cherished just the same
As the ones that bring us closer to the sky, no matter how grey

*most kids have good role models growing up. they know the difference between what's right and wrong, but they still end up doing drugs. depending on your past, and how painful it is, some people turn to drugs to deal with it fully aware of the potentially fatal dangers of it all.*

Yet I fall, through these clouds, reaching, screaming
Give me the drug, keep me alive
Give me what's left of my life
Don't let me go

Pull this plug
Let me breathe
On my own
I'm finally free
Don't let me go

This grip loosens but it never breaks
We carry nothing but a name you will forsake
Your words are always there to break my fall
In them I find the comfort to see through it all

*relapsing. you think you've made it through rehab, but you snap. need a fix, badly. and no matter how many people you've lost because of your addiction, there's always that one friend that stuck by you the whole time, because they know that you have so much potential, and want to help you.*

Guide me through uncharted waters
Before we lose our way again
Will you be my compass
Until forever, until forever ends?

*...self explanatory?*

Knees are weak, hands are shaking
I can't breathe so give me the drug, keep me alive
Give me what's left of my life
Don't let me go

Pull this plug
Let me breathe
On my own
I'm finally free
Don't let me go
Don't let me go
Don't let me go

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