| I been caught up in the darkness and my anger and my hatred |
| I close my eyes and see myself hanging in the basement |
| Dangling my legs, veins straining in my head |
| Blood draining in the tub, drowning in it |
| I been down in it: the mud |
| I mean down in it: the dirt |
| I mean really down in it, lost and found in it berserk |
| I’ve been burned by the fire, scorched by the flame |
| Of my own sins and desires so I call them by their names |
| When they come, greed, gluttony, sloth, envy, and lust |
| They’re all enemies but they act so friendly with us |
| They roll with two other guys we call wrath and pride |
| Now I’m half as high as I am low |
| I can laugh and cry at the same time but I can’t slow |
| Down feeling manicy, panicky, full of anarchy |
| Can it be so simple to get rid of them with Ritalin? |
| I’m trying to get into Heaven cutting out the middleman |
| Every time I drift away I see myself dead and buried in the cemetery |
| Accidentally staring at the sun |
| Shining through the filthy glass windows |
| Broken bottles in the bedsheets dangle bloody naked with a gun |
| I’m living in this tiny-ass room with the mattress on the floor |
| And an ashtray, look what I’ve become |
| Light up a half-sniped cigarette and take my last swig of liquor |
| Smoke the filter down down till it’s done |
| But I ain’t done |
| I’m cold-blooded, stuck with the spirit of Hell frozen |
| Here’s a hole inside my soul, my fear and my self-loathing |
| Got me hallucinating that all my walls are closing in (Closing in) |
| I think I’m losing my grip, there it goes again |
| These demons live inside of me, they talk to me and lie to me |
| Whisper homicidally, I’m trying to get them out of me |
| But I can see the side of me, it’s just becoming clearer |
| I’m starting to hate the sight of me, I break the fucking mirror |
| Please Jesus just just just listen to my prayer if you can please |
| I’m believing that these distances I’ve gone too far to leave |
| I’m breathing in the sickness this addiction and disease |
| This mess I’m in, this vicious is my missus and my mistresses |
| I’m twisted and ballistic, I’m addicted to this world |
| Forgive me for the pain that I’ve inflicted on my girl |
| And my son, I was stuck holding his bottle and a gun |
| And I couldn’t get away where I was from |
| Every time I drift away I see myself dead and buried in the cemetery |
| Accidentally staring at the sun |
| Shining through the filthy glass windows |
| Broken bottles in the bedsheets dangle bloody naked with a gun |
| I’m living in this tiny-ass room with the mattress on the floor |
| And an ashtray, look what I’ve become |
| Light up a half-sniped cigarette and take my last swig of liquor |
| Smoke the filter down down till it’s done |
| But I ain’t done |