• FATAL ATTRACTION TO PAIN

    I’ve tried to keep it in for so long
    You said that I was strong
    But how can you say that
    When every chance you get you let go?
    I thought we were in this together
    I thought we were in it for keeps
    But how can I believe you
    Will you be safe when the world sleeps?

    This fatal attraction with pain and grief
    Has kept us awake, thief of our sleep
    We love you to pieces but it doesn’t get through
    To you

    We try to ignore the agony we see in you
    We try to find you salvation
    But you never let us through
    Those barriers that you put up
    To keep your best friends out
    Don’t we mean a thing inside that sad, black heart?

    I’ve watched you in the dark of night
    Your future doesn’t look too bright
    The dark cloud hangs over your head
    As you drain your favourite liquor bottle
    Don’t throw yourself away
    Over something silly as this
    There’s more to life, you taught me that
    Pain’s not all that exists

    This deadly woe you hold so tight inside
    The light around you is self-denied
    We have screamed that we love you but you
    Don’t care

    We try to ignore the agony we see in you
    We try to find you salvation
    But you never let us through
    Those barriers that you put up
    To keep your best friends out
    Don’t we mean a thing inside that sad, black heart?

    We’ve tried and we’ve tried
    We’ve pleaded and bled
    We’ve screamed at the top of our lungs
    For you to stop
    We’ve crumbled and fallen
    But you’ve still held on
    Despite the poison deep in your veins
    You are alive

    We try to ignore the agony we see in you
    We try to find you salvation
    But you never let us through
    Those barriers that you put up
    To keep your best friends out
    Don’t we mean a thing inside that sad, black heart?

    Don’t we mean a thing inside that sad, black heart?
    Don’t we mean a thing as we fall into the dark?
    Don’t we mean a thing as we leave you alone?
    Don’t we mean a thing as we’re finally gone?