the attic

Lyrics

intro verse
He wandered on and on and on

How did he ever become so lost?

Rumored he once knew how to live

but it looks like he forgot

chorus 1
In the attic of the addict

Boxes full of faded memories

And little scraps of madness

Bright light casting shades of

darkened shadows all about it

Along with gluttony and lust

several other nasty habits

Stupidly he'd trust and they'd

be quick to take advantage

verse 2
Addict in the attic

He can fight it not shoot it, not stab it

His very veins become corrupted in abcess.

Denial makes it slippery, temptation cannot grab it.

If ever he's to remember the rhythm of magic

first he must let go of the tragic

verse 3
His need for numbness comes across
like the joy and laughter he has lost
Now that he again knows how to live
He's come to realize the cost

chorus 2
In the attic of the addict

Boxes full of faded memories

And little scraps of madness

bright lights illuminate the torn fabric

of the addict in the attic

verse 4
You can fight it don't stab it or shoot it

Temptation makes it slippery so denial cannot use it

Be about it don't just talk about it

No rain from a sky that's blue and cloudless

Salvation is available for those who scream the loudest

bridge
Round & round and down again
Lies for answers from within
the addict in the attic
who's faded end echoes like static
among cobwebbed remnants surrounded
Scraps of madness and sorrow and sadness so hollow
malice and scorn and prejudice follow.

chorus 3
the attic of the addict

who's tangled end echoes like static

a dusty old box packed with scraps of wicked madness

only ever fought one battle he could gain the upper hand in

outro verse
Haunted evidence
circumstantial truth

He's lost and dies again
whenever he decides to use.

Right back to tying the ends of his life into a frayed old noose

that dangles from the rafters of the room below the roof.