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License to Pill

from Background Check by Emergency Exit

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lyrics

From the time he was nearly ten years old,
They told him his mind was out of control.
Demented, crazed, brainsick and daft,
There wasn’t a word too offensive or brash.
That they wouldn’t use to explain his brain.
So they found him a fix, but didn’t notice the stain.
Now he’s stuck on these bastardized meds,
Never learned to live the way we were meant.

They told him again and again and again,
That you’re losing your mind; you should stick to your meds,
And all the anger and the pain will disappear.
But the mind-numbing drugs of the pharmaceutical mob,
Put a mask on his mind, and a block on his thoughts,
And every beat from his heart became a chore.
A sedation so deep from the midbrain to pons,
stuck paralyzed between the dream and the morn’
til the pills got lodged in the bend of the bathroom sink.
Then there it was, a moment of clarity,
The clouds passed over, left a moment of sanity,
it left an empty void to be filled, a darkness so it deep that it was forged to kill.

He’s come so far, and it took so long.
But then he threw it out the door.
There’s not a lot of room to fall
When you‘re already on the floor.

Well now he’s coming down fast and he’s out of control.
He’s losing himself he’s got nowhere to go.
With nowhere to turn and bridges to burn,
he’s out in the rain when this ship overturns.
And he’s taking a seat at the old townie bar
And drowning his thoughts of the old yellow jar.
When you can’t feel better from what they prescribe
Its time to man up or roll over and die.

He’s broke free of his emotions he’s broke free
And all the anger and the pain has disappeared.
He’s got nothing left to live for but he doesn’t really care,
He’s been empty all these years.
He is breakin out from the way that he’s been living
And he’s only been thinkin bout today.
There’s so much more that’s left to see and left to do,
Now he’s never looking back on yesterday.

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from Background Check, track released April 23, 2013

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Emergency Exit Boston, Massachusetts

From Scituate Massachusetts, Emergency Exit is a band that has endured through labor of love since 2003. Founded by three teenage friends playing punk covers, Emergency Exit has evolved into a mature rock outfit that’s released several albums and played shows across New England. Recording and producing its own records, the band’s foundation is rooted in DYI mentality that has shapes their music. ... more

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