A whisper first a fleeting sound
A gentle pull that's soft profound
A promise wrapped in tender lies
To ease the ache behind your eyes
It finds you where the shadows creep
Where silence folds into your sleep
You reach you take the first embrace
And feel its warmth its fleeting grace
But soon the warmth becomes a chain
A cycle laced with silent pain
The thing you thought would set you free
Has bound your soul in misery
Each taste each touch a fading high
You chase it 'neath a hollow sky
The world grows small the colors dim
And life becomes a fragile hymn
Yet still you run you claw you fight
For just one spark one glimpse of light
But in the haze you lose your way
As days collapse into decay
The hands that once could hold so tight
Now tremble in the endless night
But even in the darkest hour
A seed still holds a dormant flower
For in the cracks of broken ground
New strength new hope can still be found
Though chains are hard they're not forever
The soul within can still endeavor
So rise and shake the demons free
There's life beyond what you can see
The grip of addiction may be long
But in your heart you still are strong