[Verse 1 – Immediate crushing, rolling 8-string groove; low, strange rhythmic vocals] Something in my head went wrong Same old sickness with a different song I can feel it crawling underneath my skin Every time I shut it out, it finds another way in Little bit of panic Little bit of shame Little plastic smile With a complicated name Everybody tells me I'm doing just fine Then why's there something screaming in the back of my mind? I've been keeping all the ugly things buried below But they're finding little cracks where the memories grow And I don't know why I don't know how But the things I used to feel are getting louder now! [Pre-Chorus – Wounded melodic vocals building into gritty harmonies] Turn it down Turn it down I can hear it getting loud Pull me under Let me go I don't wanna feel this anymore! [Chorus – Massive soaring harmonies over relentless bouncing guitars] UP THE DOSE! Make the whole world disappear UP THE DOSE! Till there's nothing left to hear I keep falling I keep crawling Through the pieces of myself UP THE DOSE! I just wanna feel like someone else! Oh, I try I try to let it go But I'm never numb enough SO UP THE DOSE! [Verse 2 – Rapid, weirdly syncopated vocal phrasing; filthy bass-heavy groove] Little earthquake living in my rib cage Another bad dream on another bad day Got a head full of static and a mouth full of lies Saying everything's okay while I'm dying inside One for the memory Two for the pain Three for the things that I can't explain I've been keeping all my demons in a pretty little row But they keep getting louder every time I let go And I laugh when I shouldn't And I cry when I can't Got a thousand little fractures in a perfectly good man! I'm a counterfeit version Of the person I knew With a head full of nothing And a heart split in two! [Pre-Chorus – Building vocal harmonies, anguished delivery] Turn it down Turn it down There's a stranger in my mouth Sounds like me But I don't know Who the hell is in control?! [Chorus – Explosive harmonized vocals] UP THE DOSE! Make the whole world disappear UP THE DOSE! Till there's nothing left to hear I keep falling I keep crawling Through the pieces of myself UP THE DOSE! I just wanna feel like someone else! Oh, I try I try to let it go But I'm never numb enough SO UP THE DOSE! [Bridge – Haunting clean guitar, melodic bass and eerie baritone; gradually growing heavier] I remember when it hurt I remember when I cried Now there's nothing in the mirror But a face I recognize And the worst part of the silence Is the screaming underneath I've been searching for a feeling That I buried somewhere deep (Fragile whisper growing into desperate cleans) Can you hear me? Can you hear me? There's somebody still inside... I'M STILL ALIVE! [Breakdown – Relentlessly groovy, filthy 8-string chugs; huge half-time bounce] UP! UP! UP THE DOSE! Bury it deep But it never stays down! UP! UP! UP THE DOSE! I CAN STILL HEAR THE FUCKING SOUND! (Low guttural rhythmic snarls) Push it down Pack it in Let the whole damn thing begin Crack the smile Play pretend Here we go again! MORE! MORE! MORE! I CAN'T FEEL ANYTHING ANYMORE! [Final Chorus – Enormous emotional harmonies, crushing guitar groove] UP THE DOSE! Make the whole world disappear UP THE DOSE! Till there's nothing left to hear I keep falling I keep crawling Through the pieces of myself UP THE DOSE! I just wanna feel like someone else! Oh, I try God knows I try To bury everything That's eating me alive UP THE DOSE! And everybody thinks I'm doing fine BUT I'M NEVER NUMB ENOUGH INSIDE! [Outro – Rolling, thunderous groove with haunting wounded vocals] Turn it down Turn it down There's still something screaming now... (Whispered) It's me.
