SLOW POISON
She’s slooooow poison, but I’m in no hurry.
There’s a blizzard of lies and I’m stuck in a flurry.
I’m on trial for my life, praying for a hung jury,
But I ain’t the type to whine or to worry.
I’ve been easily frightened before.
I don’t want to be afraid any more.
I’ll just try to hang on for a little bit longer,
Cause what doesn’t kill me can only ---- make me stronger.
They say what doesn’t kill you ----------- makes you stronger.
She’s sloooooow poison, but I don’t care.
Being timid and lonely never got me nowhere.
She’s sloooooow poison, but I’ll take the chance.
Oh, the things that we do for a little romance.
You know I’ve been lonely before.
I don’t wanna be lonely no more.
So, I’ll try to hang on for a little bit longer.
It probably won’t kill me, And it just might ----- make me stronger.
They say what doesn’t kill you –-------- makes you stronger.
She’s slooooooow poison when you get down to it.
I’ll probably look back on this and say that I blew it,
I know that it’s wrong, but I’m still gonna do it.
It’s gonna be tough, but I’ll probably get through it.
Cause I’ve been down here before.
I know I ought to walk out that door.
But I’ll try to hang on for a little bit longer,
It probably won’t kill me, and it might not even –------- make me stronger.
They Some say what doesn’t kill you –-------- makes you stronger.
I'm getting real dizzy as I circle the drain.
I’ve got so much to lose. I’ve got nothing to gain.
Am I full on crazy, or a little insane?
I've been hunting a heartache and I'm headed for pain.
I ought to make a run for the door.
Before I end up bleeding out on the floor.
I shouldn’t hang on for a little bit longer.
It’s not gonna kill me and it’s never gonna -------- make me stronger.
The say
In this lyric, I attempted to capture a situation we've all found familiar. What our intrepid protagonist/singer/narrator WANTS to do, is the opposite of what he knows he NEEDS to do. And as he's trying to talk himself in to what he wants to do, he only succeeds in making it clearer that it's a bad idea. Let me know if that all came through, and if it's in any way compelling.
