Little Blue Pills

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Little blue pills to help you sleep.
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I don’t like my dreams, so I prefer to drink.
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I’m clawing at my chest, but the real problem’s in my head.
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At least that’s what you say.
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There’s no such thing as love & freedom.
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There’s only money & sex,
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addiction & depression, poverty & all affection is misguided & the lies keep building up.

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I am so tired, my bones do ache. There’s no time to rest, for now we’ll have to wait.
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And, finally, when I can lay with you in bed, for some reason, I’ll drink alone instead.
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My decisions don’t involve me anymore.
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Just one more taste and I’ll accept this is my life.
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My cancerous companion always does its job right,
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and a job’s a funny thing
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‘cause it’s their money that you need to pay them back
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when someone’s charging you to breeeeeathe.

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 Nauseous and sweating, coughing ‘til my throat bleeds,
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and I'm shaking so goddamn bad that I can barely hold this notepad

to read the letter that you left me to remind me
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everything turns out okay.