They said it was the thing to do, that it won’t hurt it’s good fun too
That was so many years ago, and I’m still travelling on that road
The road that takes you down to hell, where spirits die crushed in their shell
Your life will never be the same, will never be so good again

Now it controls my every thought, my heart and mind it has bought
And once you’re in you can’t get out, that’s all your life becomes about
You live each day to get your fix, that’s all you need to get your kicks
Once you’re on you can’t get off, a life of being in the rough

I live my day to day to try and keep the pain away
That’s all that matters in my life, every single day
It rules my heart, it rules my soul, it has my mind in its control
And all the time I pay the price, and rue the life, that it stole

I wish I’d never lived that day, the day I threw my life away
How I wish I didn't go, how I wish I'd just said no!
But I just didn’t know the score, cos no one told me so before
I wish that I had known the truth, I wish that I'd been shown the proof

I just keep trying to retrieve, the feeling I did once achieve
But I can never quite get near, no matter how good is the gear
That feeling’s just a memory, I wish that I could just break free
Cos all it is I’ve got to show, is the pain and regret that I now know

And nothing else matters in my life anymore
All I think about is how it is that I can score
It eats away and nags at me, it never ever lets me free
And once you get the taste, your life will simply go to waste

Ins

And now I steal or perform tricks, to get the money for my fix
My dream turned into a nightmare, a life of sorrow and despair
I wish that I could just go back, keep my body from the rack
I wish that I had simply known, I wish that I had just been shown

I think about the damage done, and how I’ve hurt everyone
Everyone that’s dear to me, all my friends, my family
Now this is my reality, lost all respect for what I be
When fate did knock me for a six, now I live my life, for the fix