[Verse1] The wallpaper blooms with insects in my eyes Little silver spiders crawl between the lines The clockwork saints are whispering from jars upon the shelf Every cure they ever gave me made me someone else A spoonful for the panic A pill to stop the screams A television lullaby injected through my dreams The nurses smile like porcelain The mirrors look away And every symptom disappears... For just another day [Pre-Chorus] The ghosts are still beneath the skin They simply learned to wait [Chorus] Take your chemicals! Swallow every miracle! Don't ask why you're miserable Just make yourself invisible Take your chemicals! Everything is treatable! Pain is far too difficult Numb is always beautiful! [Verse 2] Down the corridor of memory The patients march in rows Ice baths, straps and electrodes Hidden underneath the snow A century of treatments A century of names For locking frightened people up And calling it a change Now the leather belts are softer The walls are painted white But tell me, doctor... Did the darkness leave Or simply learn to hide? [Pre-Chorus] We tranquilize the consequence And worship the disease [Chorus] Take your chemicals! Swallow every miracle! The problem isn't visible Therefore it's curable Take your chemicals! Keep the gears predictable! Truth is too uncomfortable Comfort is medicinal! [Bridge] Another screen Another drink Another pill Another link Another headline Another war Another reason Not to feel anymore Another stimulant Another sedative Another distraction To postpone living We medicate the fever We celebrate relief But who will climb beneath the wound And pull out the teeth? [Breakdown] Doctor... If I silence every symptom Will the monster disappear? Or will it simply learn To speak Through quieter mouths? [Final Chorus] Take your chemicals! Everybody's manageable! Everybody's functional! Everybody's profitable! Take your chemicals! Keep the nightmare bearable! Keep the questions minimal! Keep the patient suitable! Take your chemicals! Take your chemicals! Take your chemicals! [Outro] The bottle's empty. The room is silent. The problem remains.
