Drugs

It seems illegal drugs are taking over this land
Taking lives of people who don't understand
Getting high doesn't make problems disappear
It's just a blanket of hope covering their fear
Drugs can drag people into a deep dark cloud
Killing ambitions that once made them proud
Leaving them feeling like they're on their own
Surrounded by people but feeling all alone

Being high doesn't make them rise above
It lifts them away from their family's love
Reminders of all the love their family gave
Are now just flowers placed on their grave

There are many fears that people try to hide
Keeping unknown secrets buried deep inside
Turning to drugs is their way to avoid dealing
With fears that hide the pain that they are feeling
Some use it to relieve a real or imagined pain
That flood their hopes like an unwanted rain
Some use it to make them feel more accepted
Because their life is not the one they expected

Being high doesn't make them rise above
It lifts them away from their family's love
Reminders of all the love their family gave
Are now just flowers placed on their grave

Using drugs to escape is life's deadening curse
Taking bad situations and making them worse
They cannot erase the bad times they've faced
Or bury emotions that can never be erased
The power of drugs grows dark as the night
The value of life falls when the price is right
Not wanting to face life is why they get high
When they don't return people wonder why

Being high doesn't make them rise above
It lifts them away from their family's love
Reminders of all the love their family gave
Are now just flowers placed on their grave