Pills took you away

Pills Took You Away

Female Voice

Verse 1

I remember when your laughter filled the room,

Now it’s silence and the shadow of the truth.

You’re chasing bottles just to make it through,

But every pill that saves you… steals you too.

Pre-Chorus

And I’m still here, with broken hands,

Trying to love what I don’t understand.

Chorus

Pills took you away, though you’re standing near,

I lost my mother but she’s still here.

Your eyes don’t see the child in me,

Just the medicine you think you need.

And it breaks my heart, every single day,

The pills took you away.

Verse 2

I’ve learned to guard the pieces of my soul,

Every promise fades before it’s whole.

You say you’ll change, but the hunger calls,

And I’m left to pick up every fall.

Pre-Chorus

Still I ache for the love I knew,

The woman before the sickness grew.

Chorus

Pills took you away, though you’re standing near,

I lost my mother but she’s still here.

Your eyes don’t see the child in me,

Just the medicine you think you need.

And it breaks my heart, every single day,

The pills took you away.

Bridge

I don’t hate you, I hate the fight,

The way it steals your soul at night.

I’d trade the pain, I’d trade the years,

Just to hold the mom I knew right here.

Final Chorus

Pills took you away, though you’re standing near,

I lost my mother but she’s still here.

If love alone could set you free,

You’d still be who you were to me.

But it breaks my heart, in every way…

The pills took you away.

(piano holds on a single aching note, fading out)