And in that way this song represents a true case of physical drug addiction.

Or stated alternatively, he has come to understand that his addiction is killing him. Yet at the same time, due to the strength of it, he feels more or less powerless to bring about any sort of positive change. Or perhaps more to the point, he is looking to the same drug which put him in this situation to also relieve him from it. So basically he perceives the problem as the solution. For we know that in reality drugs don’t speak. Indeed at the end of the day, we can say the entire point of view of lyrics is more or less that of the addict. Meanwhile the bridge is apparently being sung from the perspective of the addict, and in that case the drug would then be the addressee. What this individual is implying is that when he first decided to use the drug, he was actually under the impression that doing so would be some type of edifying experience. But now that he is quite familiar with the substance, he has come to realize that such ‘promises’ were actually ‘lies’. Moreover he now feels as if he is being mocked by it. But that being said, he is still relying on the substance to “fix” him, as in making him feel better. And for the most part the lyrics are being relayed from the perspective of the said substance, as if the drug itself had a voice. Basically, what it is doing is touting its mastery over the addict. This is manifest by the fact that even though it is literally “killing” the user, said individual is still “dedicated” to partaking of it at all costs. And as far as which type of drug the singer is referring to specifically, there is a metaphorical reference to coke in the second verse.

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