Dark Nights

Dark Nights

ReleasedFebruary 15, 2023
ReleaseSingle
1
3:24
Elevated
+38

Lyrics

OxyContin, heroin, synthetic good time
Face melting, just need a dime, I gotta get high
Not gonna get by, gonna die, die, gonna die
May as well enjoy the ride

Why the drugs got us? Pop and lock jaw
Slurring words, climbing higher
Body's on fire, joints on ice
Bodies on fire all night, dark nights

In the city, a bubble, in trouble, pay with your life double
Your life, your gift, what you gonna do with it?
Gotta get high, get by, gonna die, die, gonna die
May as well enjoy the ride, I'm gonna die

Why the drugs got us? Pop and lock jaw
Slurring words, climbing higher
Body's on fire, joints on ice
Bodies on fire all night, dark nights

I'm so glad that you're with me
Ooh, I'm so glad that you're with me (yeah)

You know the drugs they got us making bad decisions
And then nobody listens so we cry, or we die
You know the drugs they got us making bad decisions
Nobody fucking listens 'til we die

Uh, they got us, pop and lock jaw
Slurring words, climbing higher (ah oh)
Body's on, body's on, bodies on fire (fire)
All night, dark, dark, dark nights

Why the drugs got us? Pop and lock jaw (whoa)
Slurring words (it's a dark night) 
Climbing higher (cutting right through the pain)
Body's on fire (right through the pain)
Joints on ice (gonna feel good again)
Bodies on fire (I'm here for you baby)
All night (through the dark night my friend)

Dark, why the drugs got us? (yeah)
Pop and lock jaw (through the dark night)
Slurring words
Climbing higher (I said cutting right through the pain)
Body's on fire (right through the pain)
Joints on ice (gonna feel good again)
Bodies on fire (I'm here for you baby)
All night (through the dark night my friend)
Dark nights

About This Song

Mirroring the thoughts of a substance user/abuser/addict and asking the collective why narcotics and substances are so prevalent in our society.

What is the song “Dark Nights” by Chad Lewine about?

I originally wrote this song about a friend who relapsed in 2013. Little did I know I was going to experience my own substance abuse episode almost ten years later.

— Chad Lewine

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