Just to Get High
Clever Yak
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Just to Get High
I was listening to this song today and I thought it was a pretty good description of what an addicts head is like... and I thought about how codie this song sounds. I believe the lead singer of Nickelback had a friend that died from OD-ing on something, that's the basis of this song.
YouTube - Nickelback-Just to get high
Just To Get High
Nickelback
He was my best friend, I tried to help him,
But he traded everything, for suffering,
And found himself alone.
I watched the lying, turn into hiding,
With scars on both his lips, his fingertips...
Were melted to the bone.
But I can still remember what his face looked like,
When I found him in an alley in the middle of the night.
Tell me what you know! Tell me what you gone and done now!
Tell me what you know! Tell me what you gone and done now!
A gun would do the trick, get it over with,
You're better off...
To take all you've got
N' burn it on the spot,
To get high
Three days no sleeping, he gave up eating,
He sold his mother's rings, she said nothing,
And pretended not to know...
He started stealing, to supply the feeling,
Found out he pulled a knife, on someone's wife...
And held it to her throat.
But I can still remember what his face looked like,
When I found him in an alley in the middle of the night.
Tell me what you know! Tell me what you gone and done now!
Tell me what you know! Tell me what you gone and done now!
A gun would do the trick, get it over with,
You're better off...
To take all that you've got
N' burn it on the spot,
Just to get high.
Tell me what did, where you gone and hid?
Show me...!
What you really want, was it what you got?
Slowly...!
Circle in the drain, throw it all away,
Just to get high
High...
Tell me what you know! Tell me what you gone and done now!
Tell me what you know! Tell me what you gone and done now!
A gun would do the trick, get it over with,
You're better off...
To take all that you've got and burn it on the spot,
Just to get high.
Tell me what did, where you gone and hid?
Show me...!
What you really want, was it what you got?
Slowly...!
Circle in the drain, throw it all away,
Just to get high
Just to get high
Circle in the drain, throw it all away,
Just to get high
YouTube - Nickelback-Just to get high
Just To Get High
Nickelback
He was my best friend, I tried to help him,
But he traded everything, for suffering,
And found himself alone.
I watched the lying, turn into hiding,
With scars on both his lips, his fingertips...
Were melted to the bone.
But I can still remember what his face looked like,
When I found him in an alley in the middle of the night.
Tell me what you know! Tell me what you gone and done now!
Tell me what you know! Tell me what you gone and done now!
A gun would do the trick, get it over with,
You're better off...
To take all you've got
N' burn it on the spot,
To get high
Three days no sleeping, he gave up eating,
He sold his mother's rings, she said nothing,
And pretended not to know...
He started stealing, to supply the feeling,
Found out he pulled a knife, on someone's wife...
And held it to her throat.
But I can still remember what his face looked like,
When I found him in an alley in the middle of the night.
Tell me what you know! Tell me what you gone and done now!
Tell me what you know! Tell me what you gone and done now!
A gun would do the trick, get it over with,
You're better off...
To take all that you've got
N' burn it on the spot,
Just to get high.
Tell me what did, where you gone and hid?
Show me...!
What you really want, was it what you got?
Slowly...!
Circle in the drain, throw it all away,
Just to get high
High...
Tell me what you know! Tell me what you gone and done now!
Tell me what you know! Tell me what you gone and done now!
A gun would do the trick, get it over with,
You're better off...
To take all that you've got and burn it on the spot,
Just to get high.
Tell me what did, where you gone and hid?
Show me...!
What you really want, was it what you got?
Slowly...!
Circle in the drain, throw it all away,
Just to get high
Just to get high
Circle in the drain, throw it all away,
Just to get high
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I might have a great big love for Nickelback. My girls love them too. My wonderful husband (normie) got me listening to them when I first got sober and I have enjoyed their stuff ever since.
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Thank you for sharing a very realistic song. I know that I have blinders on when i think of the depths of what they will do to survive. The last time I saw my ex he looked totally awful. It was a shock. It was CRACK!
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Wow!!!
Yesterday i heard that song i to am i big nickelback fan. I was on my way home and that song came on the radio. i drove listening to it. i just busted out in tears. i was on my way home to get my boyfriend to take him to the hospital. he is not well. when i got home it hit me he took
something. that song stuck in my head. when i was driving him to the hospital, i than asked him what or how many did you take. too many. today i go to a place to find comfort and i see that song. wow!!! thanks for the tears i needed to cry one last time for him. now i know i still care!!! thanks again.
something. that song stuck in my head. when i was driving him to the hospital, i than asked him what or how many did you take. too many. today i go to a place to find comfort and i see that song. wow!!! thanks for the tears i needed to cry one last time for him. now i know i still care!!! thanks again.
Clever Yak
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Chris is right, check out my thread in substance abuse if you wanna know the day to day stuff. But so far, really not good... my mom is throwin a lot of stuff at me that's really crushing me. She just belittles me every time I try to talk to her..
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