[Verse 1] The first time felt like coming home To somewhere I had never been A cold fell off my tired bones The world turned soft beneath my skin No fear, no pain, no yesterday Just golden light behind my eyes I thought I'd found a better place I didn't know the price [Chorus] I'm chasing a dragon Chasing that first blue sky Looking for a piece of heaven In a place where angels die One more taste, one more promise One more road I think I know I'm chasing a dragon And it won't let go [Verse 2] The second time was almost there The third was just a faded glow By winter I was begging air To take me where I used to go I sold my coat, I sold my pride I told my friends that I was fine But every day the doorway closed And every night I crossed the line [Chorus] I'm chasing a dragon Chasing that first blue sky Looking for a piece of heaven In a place where angels die Every road leads back to darkness Every promise turns to stone I'm chasing the dragon And I'm going down alone [Verse 3] I took the ring my mother wore The one my father gave I sold it for a little piece That couldn't last a day She looked me in the eyes and cried And asked me where it went, her father's gift I swore to god I didn't know (saw the falling piece) And stole her final sanity today Now it's alleyways and dirty rain (she let me down) Bloody clothes upon the ground (she asked me why) A needle shared to make sure she'd beat (To make sure she'd beat) Us and no one left to come around The doctor speaks of aids and time I hear him, but I hardly care I'm searching for that first warm light I'm finding only a tear I called it love I called it grace I called it heaven to its face It took my name It took my home It took the hands that held me close I'm chasing the dragon (Look, there's no blue sky) No little piece of heaven Just another night to die Every road led back to darkness Every promise turns to stone I kept chasing the dragon Till there was nothing left to own [Outro] I spent my whole life chasing heaven And all I found Was hell
