Hope Is a Drug

You want to quit, you want to give up
You've traveled this far but it's never enough
You've made a few fans but you can't make rent
You think it's deserved 'cause you've given up everything you own
And still no throne

You watch your friends settle, and your enemies rise
Every snake in a suit is a break in disguise
You hope the band breaks before the band breaks
'Cause hope is in short supply
But hope is a drug
Hope is a drug that uses you
Hope is a drug
It takes what you love
And turns it to work you once were above
Well, hope is a drug

Try to hold on to what you know:
You leach what you seed, you reap what you sow
The deeper your roots, the taller you grow
You try to find justice in the unknown

But nothing is fair, and everything's wrong
You fashion your hair, you shorten your songs
You start to use stunt doubles up on stage
You try to force sunlight by wearing shades

But it's a distraction
Pulling you far from
What you were born and raised to do

Hope is a drug
Hope is a drug that uses you
Hope is a drug
Food for the vain
It takes what you love and turns it to work you once were above
Well hope is a drug

What's that gotta do with your next song?
What's that gotta do with your next song?
The only thing that you can depend on
Is what you're gonna do with your next song...
Yeah, what you gonna do with that kick drum?
Hey, what you gonna do with that kick drum?
Hey what you gonna do with your next song?
Hey what you gonna do with your next song?
Hey what you gonna do with your next song?
Hey what you gonna do with your next song?