Cuts dig in
Deep within
Life begins
With a knife

Breathe again
Nauseous grin
Fading in
On my life

Good as new
Baby blue
Scar tissue is buried deep within to where it my life begins it traces all of the sins a families origins genetic tradition repeats again

Bandages
Bloody bin
Honing in
On the fight

Just one step
And a thousand left
Convalesce
With all my might

Scratch and claw then crawl
Build your strength then fall

Time is not time Time unwinds as pain begins to comfort you
Medicinal haze days fade

Dopesick preferred to pain
Take two times a day and you'll mend
and then just repeating again and then just repeating again

All well and good
Not out of the woods

Nightmares haunting every night
Nostalgic for my daily life
Visions of the old routine
Blessings once gone unforeseen
Bed sores serve as interlude
To let perverse ideas get though
A childhood home is set ablaze
Modern life in an antique frame

Daily dose of Ipecac
To keep things moving right on track
Clear the throat and clear the head
The bone is set dignity's shed
Night sweats greet the roosters call
Wisher’s well come one come all
Prescriptions count the days that pass
A single fork along this path

All well and good
Still in the woods

Self inflicted pain
To build a brighter hull to sustain me
Set sail for brighter days
The aches of the past now scars to remind me

Pill takes the pain away
And then just more of the same
Time heals all wounds they say
The stronger the tick the slower the fade

Pill takes the pain away
Yet every dose leads to decay
Time heals all wounds they say
The stronger the tick the slower the fade

Slowing loss is a gain
A chance to see around distant corners
To easy to wait and lay blame
Time to cover chinks in the armor

Pill takes the pain away
And then just more of the same
Time heals all wounds they say
The stronger the tick the slower the fade

Pill takes the pain away
Yet every dose leads to decay
Time heals all wounds they say
The stronger the tick the slower the fade

Slowing the fade...

Dignity rising again I’m back from the dead
Been prodded and poked but now I’m back on the mend
Body is fit again and I’m right in the head
Sitting still long enough now the living begins

Blood
Blood in blood out
Blood
Prick skin bleed out
Blood
Break bread devout

Questioning what? I had the answers before
No guarantees left and no future assured
Rebuilding myself through fractures and through the gore
Battles commenced and now I’m ready for war

Blood
Blood in blood out
Blood
Prick skin bleed out
Blood
Break bread devout