[Verse 1]
Cold tiles
Plastic crown on my tongue
White flag
Rolled tight in my lungs
You were sweet
You were cheap
You were quick
You were nails in my veins
You were every small fix
[Chorus]
This is my war on drugs
Teeth in the throat of the flood
I spit you out with the blood
(I won’t bow)
This is my war on drugs
You wrote my name in the mud
I carve it back in my flesh
I choose the pain that cuts you out
[Verse 2]
Woke up
With a stranger in my skin
Track marks
Like a map of every sin
You said “hush”
You said “sleep
Just give in”
But your comfort was a cage
Built of plastic and tin
[Chorus]
This is my war on drugs
Teeth in the throat of the flood
I spit you out with the blood
(bleed you out)
This is my war on drugs
You wrote my name in the mud
I carve it back in my flesh
I choose the pain that cuts you out
[Bridge]
You don’t get
One more heartbeat
You don’t get
One more vein
I am not
Your dead-end secret
I am not
Your quiet grave
[Chorus]
This is my war on drugs
Teeth in the throat of the flood
I spit you out with the blood
(scream it loud)
This is my war on drugs
You wrote my name in the mud
I carve it back in my flesh
I choose the pain that cuts you out