Just To Get High
Spiraling Descent: A Tale of Desperation and Addiction
Lyrics
He was my best friend, I tried to help him
Speaker's best friend was in trouble, and they tried to assist.
But he traded everything, for suffering
The friend sacrificed everything for pain and hardship.
And found himself alone
Despite everything, the friend ended up isolated.
I watched the lying, turn into hiding
The friend's lies transformed into concealment.
With scars on both his lips, his fingertips
Physical evidence of harm, scars on lips and fingertips, possibly from drug abuse or self-destructive behavior.
Were melted to the bone
Extreme damage to fingertips, metaphorically "melted to the bone," possibly from drug use or abuse.
But I can still remember what his face looked like
The speaker recalls the appearance of their friend.
When I found him in an alley in the middle of the night
Finding the friend in a dark alley, indicating a low point or dangerous situation.
Tell me what you know! Tell me what you gone and done now!
Repeated lines, expressing urgency and a demand for an explanation from the friend.
Tell me what you know! Tell me what you gone and done now!
-Gun would do the trick, get it over with
Suggesting suicide as a way out from the suffering.
You're better off
Implying that ending one's life might be a better choice than continuing to suffer.
To take all you've got and burn it on the spot
Encouraging the friend to destroy all they possess just to get the temporary relief of being high.
Just to get high, (high)
The desperate act of getting high to escape pain.
Three days no sleeping, he gave up eating
Repetition and continuation of the friend's downfall, including more harmful actions like theft and violence.
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
Reiterating the memory of finding the friend and the urgency in demanding an explanation.
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!
-Gun would do the trick, get it over with
-You're better off
-To take all you've got and burn it on the spot
-Just to get high (high)
-Tell me what did, where you gone and hid?
Further inquiry into the friend's actions and the consequences of their choices.
Show me!
-What you really want, was it what you got?
-Slowly!
-Circling the drain, throw it all away
-Just to get high, (high)
-High, oh!
Reiteration of seeking a high despite the consequences.
(High, high)
Repeating the longing for a high and its destructive nature.
High
-(High, high)
-High
-Tell me what you know! Tell me what you gone and done now!
Repetition of previous inquiries and the consequences of seeking a high through destructive means.
Tell me what you know! Tell me what you gone and done now!
-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, (high)
-Tell me what did, where you gone and hid?
-Show me!
-What you really want, was it what you got?
-Slowly!
-Circling the drain, throw it all away
-Just to get high
-Just to get high
-Circling the drain, throw it all away
-Just to get high
Final line emphasizing the self-destructive cycle just for the sake of getting high.
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