Poison for the Pain

You crawl in like a cure

But you’re venom in disguise

Every word’s a pretty lie

Laced with fire behind your eyes

You said I’d learn to need it

Now I can’t breathe without the taste

You turned my hunger into weakness

Now I’m feeding off the waste

You’re the poison for the pain

And I keep drinking just the same

I scream your name like it’s a prayer

But you were never really there

Tear me open, pour it in

Let the spiral start again

You're the wound I can’t explain

My sweet, addictive

Poison for the pain

You break me just to fix me

Then you watch it fall apart

I wear the scars like trophies

But they’re rotting out my heart

I used to call it healing

Now I call it what it is

Just a high that keeps on fading

Like a hit I always miss

You’re the poison for the pain

And I keep drinking just the same

I scream your name like it’s a prayer

But you were never really there

Tear me open, pour it in

Let the spiral start again

You're the wound I can’t explain

My sweet, addictive

Poison for the pain

You’re the answer I regret

The pill I take and still forget

I swore I’d never crawl again

But I’m right back where I began

You’re the poison for the pain

And I keep drinking just the same

I scream your name like it’s a prayer

But you were never really there

Tear me open, pour it in

Let the spiral start again

You're the wound I can’t contain

My sweet, destructive

Poison for the pain