[Verse 1] You’re the drink I shouldn’t swallow, but I pour you every night. You’re the truth I shouldn’t handle, but you’re the only thing that’s right. You’re the burn inside my bloodstream, and the calm when I can’t cope— you’re the poison that destroys me, and the antidote I hope. [Pre-Chorus] I keep trying to let go, but you’re stitched into my veins— every time I pull away, you pull me back again. [Chorus] You’re the poison and the antidote, the fire and the rain. You’re the hurt that keeps me breathing, you’re the comfort in the pain. I don’t know how to quit you, I don’t know how to stay— you’re the poison and the antidote, and I take you every day. [Verse 2] You’re the habit I keep feeding even when it makes me shake. You’re the voice that keeps me steady when my whole world starts to break. You’re the chaos in my heartbeat, and the rhythm I rely on— you’re the poison that I run from, and the antidote I die on. [Pre-Chorus] I keep trying to let go, but you’re stitched into my veins— every time I pull away, you pull me back again. [Chorus] You’re the poison and the antidote, the fire and the rain. You’re the hurt that keeps me breathing, you’re the comfort in the pain. I don’t know how to quit you, I don’t know how to stay— you’re the poison and the antidote, and I take you every day. [Bridge] Maybe healing isn’t gentle, maybe breaking makes you whole. Maybe loving something deadly is the price of having soul. Maybe all the things that save us come with scars we can’t erase— maybe poison is the antidote when you take it at the pace. [Final Chorus] You’re the poison and the antidote, the fire and the rain. You’re the hurt that keeps me breathing, you’re the comfort in the pain. I don’t know how to quit you, I don’t know how to stay— you’re the poison and the antidote, and I take you every day.
