Without You, I Am Nothing

I've got a secret that I'm dying to say
I've got a longing and it will not go away
I feel it deep in my bones
And through my fevered hands
Ripping through my life
And taking everything it can

Gotta feed the machine
Baptized into bondage by the blood of my dreams

I feel it haunting me wherever I go
I hear it whisper in my ear and say
We've got to have more
It won't be quiet til I'm turning the screws
Because for me to get a win
Then someone else has to lose

Without you, I am nothing
Please don't make me choose
Between what I know is right
And what you want me to do

This flesh is weak
And it will lose every time
There are no pyramids for paupers
And I want to build mine

So take me in you arms
And lay me down
Help me keep the fire
From burning out
Hold me in your hands
And keep me still
If you can't ease the pain
Then nothing will

Just another fix
Just one more buy
Just give me something in the till
To stop the screaming inside

There is no logic here
Nothing to counter
Nothing to fear
There is no hate
There is no malice
Only destiny
I have a hunger
And I have to feed

So take me in you arms
And lay me down
Help me keep the fire
From burning out
Hold me in your hands
And keep me still
If you can't ease the pain
Then nothing will

And for a second
I feel the shame
And the reason for the panic
Seems so far away
And for a moment
I think the end is coming
Then the profits whisper in my ear
Without us, you are nothing

So take me in you arms
And lay me down
Help me keep the fire
From burning out
Hold me in your hands
And keep me still
If you can't ease the pain
Then nothing will