Trumpet - Paul Murchison
The rest - Tom Fisher
Mixed by Koby Geddes @ Villain Audio
Mastered by Bill Henderson @ Azimuth Mastering
Directly or indirectly, we've all been affected by addiction, a discordant reality of human nature that can destroy lives and relationships. This song is about the toxicity that comes with it, and how we are all forced to control our temptations at some level
Lyrics
02 - Toxicity
VERSE 1
I had a good thing but I touched too much
And I got caught repeating
The same lame procedure
When the beaten path was beaten
I would beat it some more
Like whacking myself in the head
With a two-by-four
Like shooting for the moon
But only catching fish
Like I wanna be a star but I’m a ratchet bitch
It’s like a special satisfaction
Like I scratched an itch
Surely this self-inflicted viciousness is psychotic Ha Ha!
Speed up, re-dub, we gotta roll the weed up,
We gotta clean up before we be putting feet up
We got a be-bop to keep up
Or we’ll blow-up from the buildup
And it’s a bliss, and I don’t ever wanna stop, no
CHORUS 1
I know the feeling is sublime
Who could resist such an eminent high?
Despite temptation let it be, yeah yeah
Back back away
VERSE 2
Now I’m deep, it’s the middle of the night
I’m on the street
And I’m serving the yearning
And it’s burning, I’m hurting
Like fumes in a balloon
but I’m in the corner of the room
the ever-receding space
Is denying me that taste
I need! Can’t you see that I’m bleeding?
up high was misleading
Misreading the fine print
Where it says you’re gonna sink
Deep down into the black water
Become fodder for that
Feeling: it’s an animate animal
It’s breathing, and it’s feeding
And I’m becoming less and less
Is there even anything left?
If I’m without it I am nothing,
I am a mess, oh
CHORUS 2
I know the feeling is sublime
Who could resist such an eminent high?
Despite temptation let it be, yeah yeah
Back back away from this toxicity
Back back away from this toxicity
BRIDGE
Bring it back, oh bring it back
Remedy that
Bring it back, oh bring it back
Remedy that
Bring it back, oh bring it back
Remedy that
Bring it back, oh bring it back
We’re bringing it back
Bring it back, oh bring it back
Remedy that
Bring it back, oh bring it back
Remedy that
Bring it back, oh bring it back
Remedy that
Bring it back, oh bring it back
We’re bringing it back
Bring it back, oh bring it back
Remedy that
Bring it back, oh bring it back
Remedy that
Bring it back, oh bring it back
Remedy that
Bring it back, oh bring it back
Yeah remedy that
Bring it back, oh bring it back
Remedy that
Bring it back, oh bring it back
Remedy that
Bring it back, oh bring it back
remedy that
Bring it back, oh bring it back
Oh remedy that
MINIBRIDGE
The only way I’m really satisfied
Do you have the will to pay the price?
A price that’s way too high
If you have to die
CHORUS 3
You know the feeling is sublime
Who could resist such an eminent high?
Despite temptation let it be, yeah yeah
Back back away from this toxicity
Back back away from this toxicity yeah
Back back away from this toxicity yeah
I’m sick of breathing toxic air, yeah