The truth? The truth is that he was only beautiful when he was on drugs So, he was almost always beautiful No He was almost always gorgeous But it didn't matter. He'd never get high enough to touch heaven The holes he poked in his arms wouldn't fill the hole in his life Nothing he could ever say would un-cry my tears, un-shoot those bullets, or un-break our hearts Running away wouldn't make that one life-ruining ***** cell do a backstroke He was beautiful when he was on drugs But he wasn't on drugs when that little stick turned pink He wasn't on drugs when I walked in and out of that clinic alone He wasn't on drugs when I had to sit down and tell his parents and mine that there was no more "baby" No He wasn't on drugs βHe just wasn't there.