Codeine my dream

You're the silent friend I need

One to lead me to the woods at night

And watch me while I bleed

Can't they see it's obscene

Just what you take from me

Like a blanket made of wood and nails

You'll never let me be

Bent down double

Stretched forth my hand

To catch me as I fell

But disbelief and apathy

would pave my path to hell

Oh, legality does not decree

Your right to write me out

A bullet meant to pacify

On deaf ears falls my shout

Codeine my dream

Silent friend I need

One to lead me to the woods at night

And watch me while I bleed

Can't they see it's obscene

Just what you take from me

Like a blanket made of wood and nails

You'll never let me be

As if I didn't have enough

To hold me when I'm down

Separate from what I should know

In my own blood I drown

Our bodies lay under your hands

For countless centuries

Blind man's game with no remorse

To test out your theories

Codeine my dream

Silent friend I need

One to lead me to the woods at night

And watch me while I bleed

Can't they see it's obscene

Just what you take from me

Like a blanket made of wood and nails

You'll never let me be

Don't try to tell me this is normal

That I just can't take it like they can

Don't try to tell me this is normal

I don't think that you could ever understand

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I followed your words and your lies

I trusted what you said

But when I came to criticize

It was all just in my head

You accept their cheers of trust

While you cover me in scars

While pedaling a plant

Can land a person behind bars

Codeine my dream

Silent friend I need

One to lead me to the woods at night

And watch me while I bleed

Can't they see it's obscene

Just what you take from me

Like a blanket made of wood and nails

You'll never let me be

Don't try to tell me this is normal

That I just can't take it like they can

Don't try to tell me this is normal

I don't think that you could ever understand