Relent to the feeling you try to resist; now it has all come to this Medicine cabinets are your treasure troves now the hunt is on After the high a crushing low you scrape away the release because it's slow Driven to the mill to block the ills, pillbilly you are never alone You were the light of your family A beacon of hope snuffed out before you Everything changes nothing here stays the same These West Virginia hills will sedate you You rise again to fall again I cannot believe you would murder for medicine Claw the guilt away as the crank bugs they burrow below You wake to the misery of your life compounded from dependency Coal mine scrip, Suboxone strips our pride is swallowed away You were the light of your family A beacon of hope snuffed out before you Everything changes nothing here stays the same These West Virginia hills will sedate you One man's cure is another man's malady A door unlocked I'm standing above you Nothing is sacred everything's here to take These West Virginia pills will sedate you Oh, what a rush