Lyric discussion by BananaPieLord 

Cover art for The Package lyrics by A Perfect Circle

This song is in the album that is entirely about the twelve step program. And this being the first song of the album this is the first step in the program. The first step in the program is admitting that we are weak to our addiction. The package is our addiction and the narrator says that "Clever got me this far,Then tricky got me in" meaning he used people to get his drugs.

Then the narrator says "Smile and drop the cliche 'Til you think I'm listening, Take just what I came for, Then I'm out the door again" meaning just shut the fuck up and give me what I came for.

"Lie to get what I came for, Lie to get just what I need, Lie to get what I crave, Lie and smile to get what's mine" the narrator says this is what he did to get his drugs: by lying.

The narrator then gets aggressive and wants to feed his addiction by yelling "Give this to me, Mine, mine, mine, Take what's mine, Mine, mine, mine, Take what's mine, Mine, mine, mine" wanting his drugs back. This proves to us that he is weak to his addictions and needs help.

Hope this helps

@BananaPieLord

The package is the 12 step program itself. The first step: Admitting Powerlessness over your addiction.

Having been through this, 12 step is a group of people who pretend to care, pretend to listen. They all give you contacts got everyone when you take your first step. The program wants all of your personal will and power, just like a drug The people who have been going for years, they are massively addicted to it. You'll see them get high as fuck at the meetings. Everyone gets an opportunity to share. This means you can let some things out. For an...