Just To Stay Alive
Drinking just to stay alive
It makes no sense superficially
If you'd dig deeper you'd see
I'm already dead unofficially
Endless therapy and medication
"How does that make you feel"
Talking and swallowing pills
But the pain stays just as real
Drinking just to stay alive
It makes no sense superficially
If you'd dig deeper you'd see
I'm only kept alive artificially
Pills, pills and more pills
Nothing changes this desperation
They say I'm not trying enough
The neverending accusation
Drinking just to stay alive
It makes no sense superficially
But if you'd dig deeper you'd see
I was already dead initially
Growing up sad and abused
Seeing too much violence
Hurt until pain became normal
Beaten into submissive silence
Drinking just to stay alive
It makes no sense superficially
But if you'd dig deeper you'd see
Needing thick skin isn't beneficially
Born just to be bleeding
People only ever damaged me
No money, no friends, no love
Sad little disadvantaged me
Drinking just to stay alive
It makes sense if you'd be me
If you'd dig deeper you'd see
I was already dead initially
I stand no chance
Trauma too engrained
From the day I was born
I was already stained
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No One | Year Posted 2022
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