Scratch the Vein

By Ingested

On Ashes Lie Still

Released on November 4, 2022

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[Verse 1]

I can't eat and I can't sleep

Where am I going, who will come with me?

The signs are there for all to see

But I am blinded by my enmity


[Pre-Chorus]

I cut the lines and I cut my losses

No one knows what my loss truly is

I'll scratch the vein

Despite what it could mean

I need this pain inside to keep me free


[Chorus]

I'm hooked on drugs, they are hooked on hope

All I think about is tightening the rope

I fear no fear, because no fear I see

All of this time, the fear has been deep within me

In all my life, I'm forgetting to live

What would I givе, is be clear of the things I'm yеt to forgive

As the wounds scab over

The scars are there as proof you're not sober


[Verse 2]

My world is plagued with disconnect

I will ignore what's being thrown at me

Every drop the money just bleeds

The thing that matters is the fix I need


[Pre-Chorus]

I cut the lines and I cut my losses

No one knows what my loss truly is

I'll scratch the vein

Despite what it could mean

I need this pain inside to keep me free


[Chorus]

I'm hooked on drugs, they are hooked on hope

All I think about is tightening the rope

I fear no fear, because no fear I see

All of this time, the fear has been deep within me

Deep within me


[Outro]

I will break free of this hold

It's time to change my own mould

My days are getting brighter still

The shadow controlled

My poison picked for far too long

I believed I was gone

A soul dimmed of all it shone

My heart still beats on

I kept my past inside the present

And dwelled on it all

Time to prove I'm made of gold

Before my kingdom falls