Running in circles
Chasing pain
Of yesterday
Shaken...fearful
Because I've come
Back for what is trouble
Running in circles maybe in his head, wanting to quit or wanting to cure yesterday's pain (nicotine withdrawals) Shaken because he's getting stuck into an unhealthy and dangerous addiction.
I will wait it out
I will not be shaken
Facing the symptoms, rejecting peer pressure or urge.
Strange calls to meet those
Who feel and know
How to give up
The stage lights
And heroes
Seeking help despite the very tempting and glamorous habit.
Razor pain
Rubbed it all away, love
Pain of fighting it and this might be a stretch - but rubbing it away as in maybe taking meds or doing other things to suppress it.
Didn’t notice it right away
Didn’t notice it until it was too late
Didn't notice he was addicted until he faced the pain
I’m gonna change my desire
For your all consuming fire
People are just consuming something harmful, and he's going to have to learn to desire the opposite
Didn’t wanna cry out at night
Didn’t wanna stop at mid flight
He didn't want to have already made the mistake and feel the guilt, and he didn't want to have to stop when the addiction has already began.
I didn't plan for the fall
When I was running from it all...
He didn't plan to get addicted because he had already been trying to get away from smoking. It's like the one time he tries it he gets sucked in, falls.
Have I no evil
Citizen Cain
Slowed-- my desperate running
This also might be a stretch, but "Have I No Evil" seems sarcastic, kinda mocking the fact that he's fully responsible and it's no-one else's fault. Citizen Cain was a movie about a man who "started at the top and worked his way to the bottom" and it's set up so in the beginning he is dead and it goes through his life and the shame from his friends and family for his downfall... His desperate running, his evasion from the habit is greatly slowed by this addiction.
I think it's about smoking.
Running in circles Chasing pain Of yesterday Shaken...fearful Because I've come Back for what is trouble Running in circles maybe in his head, wanting to quit or wanting to cure yesterday's pain (nicotine withdrawals) Shaken because he's getting stuck into an unhealthy and dangerous addiction.
I will wait it out I will not be shaken Facing the symptoms, rejecting peer pressure or urge.
Strange calls to meet those Who feel and know How to give up The stage lights And heroes Seeking help despite the very tempting and glamorous habit.
Razor pain Rubbed it all away, love Pain of fighting it and this might be a stretch - but rubbing it away as in maybe taking meds or doing other things to suppress it.
Didn’t notice it right away Didn’t notice it until it was too late Didn't notice he was addicted until he faced the pain
I’m gonna change my desire For your all consuming fire People are just consuming something harmful, and he's going to have to learn to desire the opposite
Didn’t wanna cry out at night Didn’t wanna stop at mid flight He didn't want to have already made the mistake and feel the guilt, and he didn't want to have to stop when the addiction has already began.
I didn't plan for the fall When I was running from it all... He didn't plan to get addicted because he had already been trying to get away from smoking. It's like the one time he tries it he gets sucked in, falls.
Have I no evil Citizen Cain Slowed-- my desperate running This also might be a stretch, but "Have I No Evil" seems sarcastic, kinda mocking the fact that he's fully responsible and it's no-one else's fault. Citizen Cain was a movie about a man who "started at the top and worked his way to the bottom" and it's set up so in the beginning he is dead and it goes through his life and the shame from his friends and family for his downfall... His desperate running, his evasion from the habit is greatly slowed by this addiction.