Reach out to the dark Reach further than you've ever gone Palpable insecurity leaves a bitter taste in my mouth There's a resin that glues all the cracks together Spoiled forever and marked for death A metropolitan wasteland, and I'm the king I stayed behind when the world moved on 'Cause I knew I could make it come back to life If only I'd known the difference; pride and persistence And in retrospect I know what started it all Oh, it's the poison Oh, it's the medicine Oh, the elixir Oh, the addiction If I reach out and take what's mine Am I just tempting fate again? Liquor turns the blood thinner Makes my skin thicker Trying to keep myself inebriated Chemical compounds to remedy all that I see through Distorting my vision and bending the truth Bending the rules that I set myself Make myself sick I make myself sick I tried to cure it Self inflicted and self prescribed If I reach out and take what's mine Am I just tempting fate again?