Starting to Hurt Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Newk_84 

Cover art for Starting to Hurt lyrics by Ryan Adams

I've never heard him sing like this. Absoloute raw emotion. It's clearly about coming off the drugs as RA is an ex-addict. The line 'high on forever and always together' refers to those around him who are proud that he's cleaning himself up and his acting like he has it all together although the comedown 'is starting to hurt'