Addiction by Subtraction

Outsider, just a silent witness to the firefights
Dynamite's washing out your Northern lights
Shell shocked from endless barrages of artillery
Contrary, relief sinks deeper in the distillery
Time flows smoothly as it spins down the drain
Pain drips slowly as it tries to escape the vein
Drowning inside, tide creeps up the shore again
Comedian, paint the scene with a fountain pen

I have a confession
I stalled my progression
Held back my expression
And lost all discretion
This pent up aggression
It feels like possession
Succumbed to recession
A living impression
A morbid procession
Of pain and suppression
That led to regression
And too much concession
It's my new obsession
To reach for ascension
First step in succession?
Say, fuck you depression!

A cycle with missing parts is hard to brake
You quake down the same old road paved by ache
Hold on for your life till the wheels come off
Stand-off with loaded words right up to blast off
Nothing lasts forever, it all succumbs to entropy
Desperately, we clutch those ashes helplessly
Breathlessly, we fall apart messily like leprosy
Zestfully, unsteadily adjusting the telemetry

I have a confession
I stalled my progression
Held back my expression
And lost all discretion
This pent up aggression
It feels like possession
Succumbed to recession
A living impression
A morbid procession
Of pain and suppression
That led to regression
And too much concession
It's my new obsession
To reach for ascension
First step in succession?
Say, fuck you depression!