VERSE 1 – Cannabis
Fifteen in the backyard, lighter shaking in my hand
Someone rolled the future like it wasn’t ever planned
Green makes you hungry, makes the minutes drift apart
Laughing at the ceiling, paranoia in the dark
Red eyes, couch-locked, cartoons talking back
Sometimes calm, sometimes panic in the chest attack
Didn’t feel dangerous, didn’t feel wrong
Just something small to lean on when the nights felt long
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CHORUS
Just one more
That’s what everybody says
Just one more
Till it’s all you’ve got left
Starts as fun, turns to need
Ends up owning everything
Just one more
Till there’s nothing left but less
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VERSE 2 – Cocaine
Bathroom stalls, broken locks, pupils wide tonight
White lines, snow, nose candy chasing confidence and light
No sleep, no food, jaw swinging side to side
Talking big futures you don’t plan to ride
“Just one more bump,” then the morals slide
Borrowed cash, borrowed love, nowhere left to hide
Five good minutes cost you you
Next hit matters more than truth
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CHORUS
Just one more
That’s what everybody says
Just one more
Till it’s all you’ve got left
Starts as fun, turns to need
Ends up owning everything
Just one more
Till there’s nothing left but less
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VERSE 3 – Heroin
Then comes quiet when you’re tired of the fight
Brown sugar, H, they call it peace at night
Warm rush, heavy limbs, breathing slow
Not getting high, just staying well, letting go
Days into nights, veins remember pain
Running from sickness, running from shame
Rock bottom feels gentle when you’re done
When you’re too damn tired to run
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VERSE 4 – Ice / Meth
Glass pipe whispering — shard, Tina, speed
“Just try it once, give your brain what it needs”
No sleep for days, skin crawling alive
Shadows moving sideways, heart trying to survive
Teeth grinding truth, paranoia sets in
Meth don’t lift you — it tears you thin
Everyone’s watching, walls breathing slow
Mind outrunning what you know
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BRIDGE
Somewhere there’s a photo still
Before the damage, before the pills
Same start, different end
Every “just once” asks again
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ENDING A – Recovery
You choose the pain, you choose to stay
Cold mornings, learning how to pray
You don’t get back who you were before
You build something stronger than more
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ENDING B – Tragedy
Or the call comes early, voice goes flat
Bathroom floor, that’s that
Just one more was all it took
Close the cover. End the book.
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OUTRO
This ain’t judgement, this is proof
The ending’s still waiting on you
ChrisBenecke
