Addiction

(Verse 1) Back from the dead, running out of time Look at the wreckage I left behind Taking the poison, calling it mine Step in the ring with a dirty mind Look in the mirror, who do I see? My worst enemy is standing in front of me Count up the damage, count up the scars Trapped inside of my own steel bars I play with the fire, I dance with the devil Taking this pain to a whole 'nother level (Chorus) I'm sick, and I'm dying this way Losing my grip, going down in flames The poison inside is taking its toll This addiction is burning, it won't let me go I can't take another day Trying to survive with no escape The poison inside is taking its toll This addiction is burning, it won't let me go (Verse 2) Chasing the high till my knuckles turn white Bleeding out dark in the dead of the night Gave up control for a taste of the poison Locked in a cage of my own bad decisions Call me a sinner, or call me a king Watch how I choke on the venom I bring No turning back from the damage I do I bought a one-way ticket straight through I'm hooked on the pain, yeah, I'm addicted to ruin And nobody stops what my hands are doing (Chorus) I'm sick, and I'm dying this way Losing my grip, going down in flames The poison inside is taking its toll This addiction is burning, it won't let me go I can't take another day Trying to survive with no escape The poison inside is taking its toll This addiction is burning, it won't let me go (Verse 3) Walking on glass in a city of stone Breathing in fire till it freezes the bone Chemical spark turning veins into wire Chasing a ghost through a lightning-storm fire I built me a throne out of razor-sharp ice Paying the devil his ultimate price A ghost in the shadows, a spark in the dark A runaway train looking hard for a spark I'm hooked on the burn, yeah, I'm slave to the freeze A king on his knees in a court of disease (Breakdown) I created this monster... NOW IT GRIPS ME BY THE THROAT! GO! THE POISON IS HOLDING YOU! (Chorus) I'm sick, and I'm dying this way Losing my grip, going down in flames The poison inside is taking its toll This addiction is burning, it won't let me go I can't take another day Trying to survive with no escape The poison inside is taking its toll This addiction is burning, it won't let me go (Outro) You don't defeat something that lives in your blood. You just stop feeding it.