Medisin

What great risk to truly live,
We could die alone.
Our self-proclaimed meaning of bliss
Is getting what we're owed,
It's always getting what we're owed.

I am like a machine, all that I really need
Is medicine and then I'll fall fast asleep.
In my dreamlike state, I'll pretend I'm unscathed,
But when I wake up, my resilience fades,
When I wake up, my resilience fades.

How long?
I know there's more to life than slavery,
I'm tired of dying.
I know there's more to life than drinking
This soul-sick medicine.

Oh no, no I'll never listen to what I'm told
At twenty-four, you'd think I'd hold my speech
Instead, I'll mix you a cocktail,
Some truth and some slander
And never practice what I preach,
I never practice what I preach.

How long?
I know there's more to life than slavery,
I'm tired of dying.
I know there's more to life than drinking
This soul-sick medicine.

I know there's more to life.