Addiction and a Half

from The Sound of Our Own Decay by De La Hoya

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He kicks the stones and vaults his way into another hopeless game
He’s taken notes, been awarded points but knows it all will end the same

Into their eyes he stared and so they thought he was guilty
“Do what you love, do what you like, but don’t do it for free”

Our time was spent in expensive ways of the careless days gone by
A memory’s now valued less than a 20-hour drive

(Tonight)
Into their eyes we stare and so they know we are guilty
(We bleed)
Do what you love, do what you like, but don’t do it for me

It’s always haunted us
(I swear, we said we did it ‘cause it’s fun but it goes too far) It’s always lurking in the night
I feel it coming up
(Is all I have to show for it is debt and the time I’ve lost?)
I never had the control at any time

We’re going out again, we’re going out again
Obsessive freaking out
Just one more time for this
There’s always more room than the risk

Standing in the dark, trying to light my way with it
Always looking out, never quite on top of it
I’m starting to believe, what they all say to me
(Where do I go now? I think you have the answers)
So sing that song again

(It’s always haunted us, It’s always lurking in the night)
I swear, we said we do it ‘cause it’s fun but then it goes too far
(I feel it coming up, I never had the control at any time)
I guess it’s just addiction and a half we live our lives in the dark
In the dark

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from The Sound of Our Own Decay, released March 5, 2021

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De La Hoya Brooklyn, New York

NYC Punk / Hardcore band. 1998 - 2002 and again briefly in 2008.

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