Whether it's love or drugs or drinks, lust or vanity Just take what you need but don't let your vices bring you further down with them While you wander through this old life Yea the world will leave it's mark While you pretend it's all just fine While you wait and wait keeps you up all night And I'd try to explain if I could But now you're prone to the elements, to the raging cold And life'll break you like it broke me It'll wear you down Set your soul to sleep And I'd try to help you if I could And if you're finding that your metal skeleton's been replaced by flesh and bone While you wonder how the world whittled you down Got you clinging to the crutches you've been trying not to lean on Whether it's faith in gods or just yourself, old records and closest friends Just use what suits you best And hey, If you need it, then you need it To find a way to get through this old life