Sixx A.M. – Accidents Can Happen

Biisi kertoo Nikki Sixxin heroiinin käytön aloittamisesta. Biisin mukaan jokainen voi tehdä virheitä, mutta ne voi korjata ja aloittaa kaiken alusta.

”Don’t give up, it takes a while
I have seen this look before
And it’s alright
You’re not alone
If you don’t love this anymore
I hear that you’ve slipped again
I’m here ’cause I know you’ll need a friend

And you know that accidents can happen
And it’s okay,
We all fall off the wagon sometimes
It’s not your whole life
It’s only one day
You haven’t thrown everything away.”

Stone Temple Pilots – Crackerman

Biisin on ajateltu liittyvän heroiiniaddiktioon… Scott Weilandilla on hankala huumeriippuvuus ja tämän Core albumin tienoilla hän ensimmäisen kerran kirjautui sisään hoitoon.

”Kickin’ as I’m tryin’ to sleep
Got the mud beneath my shoes
Rubber band, rubber band
Gun in hand, gun in hand
I wanna use
Roamin’, roamin’, roam
Get away gotta get away
And I think I think too much
I don’t care, yeah and I don’t care

Trippin’ as I’m thinkin’
’Bout a boy, his name was Sue
He’s a man, he’s man
Crackerman, crackerman
He’s a woman too

And I’m thinkin’
While I’m thinkin’
And I’m thinkin’
While I’m thinkin’

Wind traps
Mud flaps
Dust, blowin’ in my eyes…
I’m rollin’
I’m rollin’
I’m a’rollin'”

Skid Row – Wasted Time

”Is it all just wasted time
Can you look at yourself when you think of what you left behind
Is it all just wasted time
Can you live with yourself when you think of what you left behind”

Läheisen ihmisen huumeriippuvuudesta.

The Darkness – One Way Ticket

Biise kertoo kokaiinin käytöstä ja riipppuvuudesta.

”It was a dusty old night
And I’m the first to admit it
I’m sure I upset someone
But my memory has chosen to omit it
A tiny voice telling me
I really should cool it
Chewing my face off
Talking absolute rubbish

The first line hit me like a kick in the face
But I better have another one just in case
Next thing I knew my heart was under attack
I’m on a one way ticket to hell… and back

One way ticket to hell and back
Bought a one way ticket to hell and back
One way ticket to hell and back
Bought a one way ticket to hell”

The Darkness – Givin’ Up

Varsin suorasukaisesti heroiinin käytöstä.

”My mamma wants to know
Where I’m spending all my dough
Honey, all she does is nag, nag, nag
But I won’t apologise
I’d inject into my eyes
If there was nowhere else to stick my skag

All I want is brown
And I’m going into town
Shooting up as soon as I’m back
My friends have got some good shit
All I want is some of it
Gimme, gimme, gimme that smack

Well I’ve ruined nearly all of my veins
Sticking that fucking shit into my arms”

Styx – Light Up

”All I need is just one hit to get me by
’Cause baby when your near I’m halfway high

Light up, everybody
Join us in this celebration
Light up and be happy
Sweet, sweet sounds will fill the air”

Shinedown – Cry for Help

”You’ve been hanging out for quite awhile now
Livin’ off of people you know
Trying to raise a little money
To pay off all the monkeys
That you met inside the rabbit hole”

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