This Addiction

i've always loved alkaline trio's music, but recently this past 2008-2009 year my love turned into a passion.

this addiction to me encompasses old alkaline sounds and soul, with an almost enlightened wise new kick.

i dont know if i am making much sense, but either way, this band is just so unreal, impossible to put into words

im not sure about the meaning of this song, if its an allegory or not?

any ideas?

I like the song. I would say it's comparing a girl or relationship to pill addiction. I would go with pills, i'm guessing painkillers, oxycodone, over heroin because of the cover of the album. Also...how many times have Dan and Matt tied lyrics or song titles to pills. 'Washed it down the drain, with 1 silver bullet and 2 vicodin.' 'Take...with lots of alcohol.' Like the pills in your hand, I'll never let you down,' and so on. Methadone is used to treat addictions to pain killers. Especially oxycodone. I like the song. At first it really sounds a lot like 'My friend Peter.'

I just heard this song the first time today. Just as I thought, Alkaline Trio still amazes me! Such a well written up beat song! I love it. They played it last year on tour, but it was hard to understand what the lyrics were. So happy i know now.

by the way, just for kicks id like to add something in about what i feel might be aroused at some point

a lot of people find the need to talk about bands transitional sounds , example (so and so sold out cause theyre using synths) and what not

as a musician who strives for better equipment on a daily basis, i can completely empathize with any band who's sound evolves into a tighter, more creative one, using better gear for recording, live, and mixing.

bands sound different due to this fact throughout the years

anyway, just throwin my two cents in

be well

This song is awesome!!! Can't wait for the new album. The meaning is pretty straight forward, just read the lyrics.

back to the root...great song...right here right now im listening to this addiction...ALKALINE TRIO makes me addict!! always ALKALINE TRIO in my life...forever.... cant wait for the whole new album THIS ADDICTION...

i'm going to roll completely off the bandwagon and disrupt all these wonderful comments by just saying it's terrible

help me is better than this.

kinda hoping that the album isn't much like this

Awesome song!

My first thought is that Matt is singing about an old girlfriend that he got back together with. He is comparing his deisre for this woman to a heroine addicts need to use heroine. He says that he once tried to kick the addiction or end the relationship, but it doesn't sound like that worked out for him.

Anyone else got anything better? I bet there is more to this song than I am seeing since its ALK3 after all.

don't get me wrong, i do quite like this song, but perhaps the Trio are running our of ideas? you take the intro and bridge of this song and it sounds almost exactly the same as the bridge in "Goodbye Forever" off their earlier self-titled album. it's not the first time they've done this either, the guitar in the verse of "Calling All Skeletons" sounds very similar to that in the verse of "Deathbed"

but despite this observation, still lovin' the Trio =)

This album will undoubtedly be awesome, but the only thing about them going back to their roots, is that we won't hear anything NEW. You know? I love it that they're trying to resusitate that old sound though. I deff missed it after Crimson and A and I. The lyrics to this song are mediocre as compared to the rest of the Trio's shit. Like, in A and I, I thought Matt's lyrics kind of dragged, whereas early on, it was Dan's lyrics who kind of dragged. These are sort of short and...not as emotional?...as lines like "at least we're still friends..." or something.

Regardless, I still love this song, the Trio, and am frantically waiting for the release of this album. They can't make a bad album...