A healthy dose of pain

EVERY TIME YOU FELL TOO DAMN SECURE
EVERY TIME YOU FEEL TOO FULL OF YOURSELF
TAKE A HEALTHY DOSE OF PAIN
IT WILL GROUND YOU AND MAKE A BETTER MAN OF YOU
CARESS SOFTLY YOU GRANDFATHER´S BERET
REMEMBER HOW HE USED TO TAKE YOU IN HIS ARMS
SING YOU SONGS AND SLIP MONEY IN YOUR POCKET
EVERY TIME YOUR MOM AND DAD WOULDN´T WATCH
AND HOW MANY TIMES YOU WENT TO SEE HIM IN THE HOSPITAL
JUST ONCE!
THIS HEALTHY DOSE OF PAIN WILL STRAIGHTEN YOU UP


EVERY TIME YOU FELL TOO DAMN SECURE
EVERYTIME YOU FEEL LESS HUMAN
TAKE A HEALTY DOSE OF PAIN
IT WILL GROUND YOU AND MAKE A BETTER MAN OF YOU
TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR PARENTS FACES
NOTICE THE LINES THAT ARE FORMED UP THERE
EACH ONE STANDS FOR EVERY NIGHT THEY´VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU
WITH ALL THE LIGHTS ON
NOW YOU KNOW YOU DON´T HAVE TOO MUCH TIME LEFT
TO GIVE THEM ANY MORE SHIT…

TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE PHOTOS THAT YOU TOOK
WITH YOUR LOVER ON THE SUMMER OF 2000
HE LOOKS SEXY AND BOY YOU DO LOOK HAPPY!
BUT WHERE IS HE NOW?

AND IF THAT´S NOT ENOUGH

LISTEN TO ALL THOSE MIXTAPES THAT GOOD FRIEND OF YOURS
GAVE YOU BACK IN THE NINETIES
YOU HAD PLANS OF CROSSING EUROPE BY TRAIN
AND GROWING UP TOGETHER
IF ONLY YOU HAD UNDERSTOOD , IF ONLY YOU HAD UNDERSTOOD
HOW SAD SHE WAS
SHE´D STILL BE IN YOUR LIFE NOW….

YOU´RE THE LATEST ADDITION IN ALL THOSE THINGS THAT MAKE ME SIGH
I CALL YOU UP FROM TIME TO TIME
JUST TO FEEL THE DISTANCE IN YOUR VOICE
IT´S THEN I KNOW THINGS DON´T WORK OUT ALWAYS HOW WE´D WANT
BUT THIS HEALTHY DOSE OF PAIN GIVES ME STRENGTH….

TO CARRY ON!



HEALTHY DOSE OF PAIN GIVES ME STRENGTH TO CARRY ON
HEALTHY DOSE OF PAIN GIVES ME STRENGTH TO CARRY ON
HEALTHY DOSE OF PAIN GIVES ME STRENGTH TO CARRY ON
HEALTHY DOSE OF PAIN IT MAKES OF ME A BETTER MAN FOR SURE