A blue square to numb the pain
white hexagons to accelerate
swallow yellow to relax
whiskey and a green one to forget the past

Speak to me now,
won't you put your guns in the ground?
Let's sing till our voices break the sound

Doctors say that I'm insane
while rectangles now to concentrate
another yellow to relax
scribbled down solutions to erase the past

Got me feeling like an outsider
They're in her drawer
but she says she doesn't take em
Got me feeling like an outsider
They're in her drawer
but she does not take em all
Oh no now we've all been diagnosed
oh no I can not feel at all

Society creates symptoms;
the system medicates them
(there is no progress in a cure,
they've got their eyes on the return
it came from our own hand
to squeeze the last survivor)

Kiss me baby, make it better, kiss me baby
you can make it better
Would you, would you ever?
Could you, could you ever?
(watch your life through a screen)


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In Her Drawer Lyrics as written by Matthew Dean Embree Christopher Tyler Tsagakis

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    I have been on and off anti depressants and mood enhancers since 2003. A chemical imbalance is what I'm told I suffer from. Believe me, I wish I didn't have to take any pills to help me feel regulated, but without them I relapse and start to feel like shit, and in turn I take shit out on my loved ones and that's not fair. I love this song. Viva la RX Bandits

    Sleepagenton August 31, 2007   Link

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