[Intro – soft, numb, melodic]
La-la-la-la…
Yeah…
I’ve been higher than the nosebleeds,
Tryna feel something in me…
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[Verse 1 – smooth dark-pop flow]
I was higher than the nosebleed, I
Turned up ’til my nose bleed, I
Blacked out in the black car, tried
So damn hard to feel like a rockstar.
But the thrill don’t hit the same now,
Everything’s too numb now,
Livin’ on the run now —
Gotta get outta this town somehow.
Drugs stop working, but the pain don’t,
Chasin’ serotonin with a halo
Half cracked, half cursed —
Fast-lane livin’ only makes it worse.
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[Pre-Chorus – warped, dreamy, Melanie Martinez energy]
I take my pills and I’m happy all the time —
(That’s what I tell myself, baby, I lie.)
Happy all the time,
But I feel dead inside.
I love my girl but she ain’t worth the price —
She ain’t worth the price,
None of this is worth the price.
La-la-la-la…
Fake happy lullaby…
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[Chorus – big, emotional, cinematic]
’Cause the drugs don’t work anymore, anymore, anymore,
No, the drugs don’t work —
And I can’t feel the hurt
But I can’t feel the cure.
I take my pills and I smile on cue,
Happy all the time — yeah, that’s what they assume.
But the bad’s gettin’ worse
And my heart’s gettin’ sore…
Yeah, the drugs don’t work anymore.
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[Verse 2 – alt-trap pacing, confessional]
I couldn’t find the fill again, I
Couldn’t seem to kill the pain, I
Kept searchin’ for a moment
Where my heartbeat wasn’t broken.
But the comedown’s hittin’ harder now,
Body sayin’, “Figure it out.”
Nothin’ feels real, everything’s loud —
Gotta get away before I tap out.
Voices in my right brain saying, “Keep going,”
Keep glowing, keep the lights on —
But when the lights on, it feels so wrong,
Like my whole damn life’s just a sad pop song.
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[Pre-Chorus 2 – spiraling]
We take strange things just to feel normal,
Strange things just to feel something.
Every high becomes formal,
Every low hits without warning.
I take my pills and I’m happy all the time —
Lyin’ through a perfect smile,
Pretending I’m fine.
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[Chorus – full, layered harmonies]
’Cause the drugs don’t work anymore, anymore, anymore,
Now the drugs don’t work
And I hate what I’ve become —
Just a ghost on the run.
I take my pills and I’m happy on the outside,
But dying on the inside
And I don’t wanna hide —
But the drugs don’t work anymore.
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[Bridge – dark, echoing, building]
Woo… woo… woo…
Overdose, comatose,
Hit the floor, nobody knows.
All fun and games ’til the high gets close —
All fun and games ’til your veins say “no.”
Overdose…
Overthink…
Overfeelin’ nothing —
Baby, watch me sink.
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[Final Chorus – emotional collapse / quiet then loud]
’Cause the drugs don’t work anymore, anymore, anymore,
No, the drugs don’t work —
And my heart can’t take much more.
I take my pills and I fake that I’m fine,
Smilin’ to survive,
But I’m dyin’ every night
And the drugs don’t work anymore.
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[Outro – soft, empty]
La-la-la-la…
Happy all the time…
But the drugs don’t work
And nothing feels right.
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