Portland.oregon.2001 After a few years of white knuckle sobriety... it was beginning to occur to me [with a lot of friends' 'input']...that perhaps rage wasn't necessarily an asset... and that the only thing that seemed to temper it for me was a handful of pain killers and couple bourbons... i had ridden that particular pony before... and i knew what lay ahead... and yet... Different take on politics What it means to you and me Salvation or a nervous tick Tourniquet or let it bleed Hard for me to say My instincts aren't so sharp these days I guess I lost my way My memory just ain't the same I know there's a darkness I know there's a darkness and It's waiting for me there I can't put my finger on it Flatline or the faintest pulse A buzzing bee back in my bonnet Ecstatic or a tad repulsed Hard for me to tell I'm not the man I used to be I'm feeling pretty well but The outrage got the best of me I know there's a darkness I know there's a darkness and It's waiting for me there Head up to my corner market Try to get my courage up If I only had a target Maybe I could fuck shit up Hard for me to know I take a pill and then it's gone I guess it's time to go I never know what side I'm on I know there's a darkness I know there's a darkness and It's waiting for me there