Injection Lyrics

Lyric discussion by th33dud3 

Cover art for Injection lyrics by Rise Against

its about how it feels to be about to shoot heroin when it says "knees are weak hands are shaking i cant breathe" thats how it feels while loading the syringe with dope and the part "so give me the drug keep me alive give me whats left of my life dont let me go" is kinda like a prayer youre thinking while trying to find a vein and knowing that you are going to feel alive soon again but youre only half alive fueled entirely by dope but thats what youre life is so you pray to not feel so bad about using. the part "pull this plug let me breathe on my own im finally free dont let me go" means when youre pulling the needle out and the dope is starting to hit you can start to "breathe" (feeling the good dope blood)but yeah pull the plug in a song called injection obviously means pulling the needle out. the part "Do you spend your days counting the hours you're awake? And when night covers the sky you find yourself doing the same" is when your script runs out or have no dope the hours go by very slow and we always count the hours till more dope or days till doctor appointment again. and my favorite part "The trail of crumbs you left somehow got lost along the way If you never meant to leave, then you only had to stay But the memories that haunt us are cherished just the same As the ones that bring us closer to the sky, no matter how grey" means the track marks or breadcrumbs slowly go away but the memories of the high (the thoughts that make me want to get high again haunt me ) and finally i succumb to the urge and get high again its just a matter of time but the high is like grey clouds because they are pouring rain for me to drown in when i fall through the clouds (come down or crash)like it says "yet i fall through these clouds reaching screaming" meaning even though i didnt mean to get high i ended up doing it and inevitably i fall through the clouds reaching screaming for more because the whole time i was high in the clouds they were pouring rain(problems) on the ground making it one hell of an uncomfortable landing. like the physical withdrawls arent enough but all the time i was high i did all kinds of stupid shit and slacked off on responsibilities and didnt eat well and spent all my money etc... so it sucks to come down so i want more dope bad to lessen the pain of reality. and finally "Guide me through uncharted waters Before we lose our way again Will you be my compass Until forever, until forever ends?" means guide me to death (overdose) this time before i run out of dope (lose our way) until forever ends means dying before he gets sober and has to face the consequences or the shit. its very sad and depressing to be living this way on a life support of drugs because one day they run out unless you die first....... by th33dud3 thanks for hearing me out.