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Addict

All the public pedestrians on main street

See, a business man walking with

A brief case meant for holding important things

They see me and I know they think, that this man has it goin’ on

His paycheck is more than I’ll ever see

And I bet a perfect life fits easily in that brief case

It’s not the case

Let’s get under the skin with injections

To see that

This man is an addict

I’m addicted to I Miss You

 

Slowly scratching skin

Gradually getting faster

Like I can wipe away her breath with drugs

Picks scabs off arms like memories

But they bleed and run

Reminding me how worse things get when

I try to help

Try to help the addict, I’m an addict

 

Look at this syringe and call it her kiss

Punctures skin and inject into veins

All the things that made me better than

What I used to be

What he used to be is when he’s high

And the worlds alright

The worlds alright, for as long as this trip lasts

I’m an addict I’m an addict

I’m addicted to I Miss You

 

I’m addicted to one thing

Trip LSD then move to ecstasy

Snort ******* and swallow some pills

Because they all lead to one thing

Getting high and remember being with her

Sometimes I can hallucinate so hard

That’s she breathing right next to me

See her moving in a black dress

Holding hands for dancing

1 2 3 4, 1 2 3 4, 1 2 3 4

I don’t count or dance anymore because I forgot how

Forgot how her heart beat

This is what I do to see her again

I’m addicted to her voice

I’m addicted I’m addicted to

her name

Could even be a drug

It’s like her first letter is a hit and I breathe

Out the last four letters through smoke

Bongs, pipes, syringes and blunts

Drug paraphernalia turns into vehicles

That all take me to the same place

A small town called Human

Because that’s all I want to be

And there’s a city to the North called Reality

They get mixed up sometimes and it’s tough to find work up there

High is the town I visit the most

But often times I feel like I don’t belong there

And the big city of Over Dose is just a few miles away

Sometimes you get lost looking for Human and Reality that you end up there

Because the directions on the map aren’t finished

The map maker shot himself when he realized God wasn’t hearing him

God moved to a town called I Miss You

I’m addicted

And the last time I checked his next-door neighbor was you

I really want to go to I Miss You and see you but I haven’t been there yet

So wait for me

 

I’m done visiting these places

High would be a nice vacation spot but I can’t be there all the time

I swear Over Dose could be enough to **** me

I haven’t found I Miss You yet

And its hard to find a place to live and a job in Reality

So, Ima’ take this last hit and hope I can be

Comfortably human

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joey-zimmerman
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Published
Jan 12, 2011
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