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Addicted to Pain Lyrics
[Intro]
Through the looking glass of fame
[Verse 1]
We'll never know what could've been
Cravings pulled you deep within
Thrown into the hit machine
Feed the beast, start the routine
You gave it all just to chase this flame
The dotted line, a puppet in the game now
Twisted and cheating, the fame we chase is bleating
Turned against brother for acclaim that is fleeting
[Chorus]
Over and over the cycle won't end
The melody weeping its funeral hymn
And over and over
Addicted to pain
Through (Through) the looking glass of fame
[Verse 2]
I look around at what I have
Clawed and clutched what I could grab
Normalcy, it fades away
Bending backward to obey
Build us up, sacrifice it all
Tear it apart, the inevitable downfall
You want to see this, broken and defeated
A childhood dream now fed to the machine
[Chorus]
Over and over the cycle won't end
The melody weeping its funeral hymn
And over and over
Addicted to pain
Through (Through) the looking glass of fame
[Post-Chorus]
Lines off of broken mirrors
Reflecting craven fears
A clown to entertain
A jester for their gain
[Refrain]
Loathe you
I hate you
Despise you
You think you made me?
I'll crush you
I'll break you
Erase you
You're fucking dead to me
Loathe you
I hate you
Despise you
You think you made me?
I'll crush you
I'll break you
Erase you
You're fucking dead to me
[Solo: Reece Scruggs]
[Bridge]
Loathe you
I hate you
Despise you
You think you made me?
I'll crush you
I'll break you
Erase you
You're fucking dead to me
[Chorus]
Over and over the cycle won't end
The melody weeping its funeral hymn
And over and over
Addicted to pain
Through (Through) the looking glass of fame
[Post-Chorus]
Lines off of broken mirrors
Reflecting craven fears
A clown to entertain
A jester for their gain
Through the looking glass of fame
We'll never know what could've been
Cravings pulled you deep within
Thrown into the hit machine
Feed the beast, start the routine
You gave it all just to chase this flame
The dotted line, a puppet in the game now
Twisted and cheating, the fame we chase is bleating
Turned against brother for acclaim that is fleeting
Over and over the cycle won't end
The melody weeping its funeral hymn
And over and over
Addicted to pain
Through (Through) the looking glass of fame
I look around at what I have
Clawed and clutched what I could grab
Normalcy, it fades away
Bending backward to obey
Build us up, sacrifice it all
Tear it apart, the inevitable downfall
You want to see this, broken and defeated
A childhood dream now fed to the machine
Over and over the cycle won't end
The melody weeping its funeral hymn
And over and over
Addicted to pain
Through (Through) the looking glass of fame
Lines off of broken mirrors
Reflecting craven fears
A clown to entertain
A jester for their gain
Loathe you
I hate you
Despise you
You think you made me?
I'll crush you
I'll break you
Erase you
You're fucking dead to me
I hate you
Despise you
You think you made me?
I'll crush you
I'll break you
Erase you
You're fucking dead to me
Loathe you
I hate you
Despise you
You think you made me?
I'll crush you
I'll break you
Erase you
You're fucking dead to me
Over and over the cycle won't end
The melody weeping its funeral hymn
And over and over
Addicted to pain
Through (Through) the looking glass of fame
Lines off of broken mirrors
Reflecting craven fears
A clown to entertain
A jester for their gain
Song Info
Copyright
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Writer
Robert Flynn
Duration
3:11
Submitted by
kingofstilport On Jul 04, 2025
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This song is about the fame-chasing, dopamine-looping, clout-sucking treadmill of modern life, and how it turns people into hollowed-out achievement junkies. They've become addicted to the cycle because they believe it will give them what they want, unaware that the efforts are killing them emotionally and mentally. In the middle of the song, it focuses on the ones who see the cycle they wrapped themselves in, who hate it and think they'll break out, but the cycle encapsulates them again and again in a never-ending cycle. Overall, the song explores that, like actual addictions, how the pursuit of external validation only offers temporary highs. The applause and recognition fulfill the ego, but leaves a deeper emptiness behind each time.