ADDICTED TØ PAIN

By Machine Head

On UNATØNED

Released on April 25, 2025

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[Intro]

Through the looking glass of fame


[Verse 1]

We'll never know what could've been

Cravings pulled you deep within

Thrown into the hit machine

Feed the beast, start the routine

You gave it all just to chase this flame

The dotted line, a puppet in the game now

Twisted and cheating, the fame we chase is bleating

Turned against brother for acclaim that is fleeting


[Chorus]

Over and over the cycle won't end

The melody weeping its funeral hymn

And over and over

Addicted to pain

Through (Through) thе looking glass of fame


[Verse 2]

I look around at what I have

Clawed and clutchеd what I could grab

Normalcy, it fades away

Bending backward to obey

Build us up, sacrifice it all

Tear it apart, the inevitable downfall

You want to see this, broken and defeated

A childhood dream now fed to the machine


[Chorus]

Over and over the cycle won't end

The melody weeping its funeral hymn

And over and over

Addicted to pain

Through (Through) the looking glass of fame


[Post-Chorus]

Lines off of broken mirrors

Reflecting craven fears

A clown to entertain

A jester for their gain


[Refrain]

Loathe you

I hate you

Despise you

You think you made me?

I'll crush you

I'll break you

Erase you

You're fucking dead to me

Loathe you

I hate you

Despise you

You think you made me?

I'll crush you

I'll break you

Erase you

You're fucking dead to me


[Solo: Reece Scruggs]


[Bridge]

Loathe you

I hate you

Despise you

You think you made me?

I'll crush you

I'll break you

Erase you

You're fucking dead to me


[Chorus]

Over and over the cycle won't end

The melody weeping its funeral hymn

And over and over

Addicted to pain

Through (Through) the looking glass of fame


[Post-Chorus]

Lines off of broken mirrors

Reflecting craven fears

A clown to entertain

A jester for their gain