Craig Handley - I Dont Understand Addiction

[Intro]

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[Verse 1]

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When you fail - how did i fail you… when you fall what pushed you to that place

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Where you feel so down that you need to escape, because life all the sudden, just got so damn hard to take

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Is there a trigger… a reaction - caused by stress or something else

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Or just a constant desire burning inside…. like a dark cloud within that you fight every day to hide…



[Chorus]



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I don’t understand addiction…        so I won’t pretend that i do…

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Disappointment and destruction,      hurting those that care you know it’s true…

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Watching you fall apart, there’s an end coming somewhere down the line

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I’m gonna walk away, or watch you fail one last time

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I don’t understand addiction…. but I care that it’s killing you…



[Verse 2]

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I hear again you fell off the wagon… someone came knocking at my door

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Always chasing down the dragon… chasing the same highs you got before

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Heartbroken from your actions, I believed you had the battle won

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It's time to find a higher power, you’re playing russian roulette and the drug is your gun…



[Chorus]

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I don’t understand addiction…        so I won’t pretend that I do…

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Disappointment and destruction,      hurting those that care you know it’s true…

F#            G#                     C#         C#/C         A#m  A#m/G#

watching you fall apart, there’s an end coming somewhere down the line

F#                       G#                     A#m  A#m/G#

I’m gonna walk away, or watch you fail one last time

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I don’t understand addiction…. but I care that it’s killing you…



[Bridge]

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I've talked with so many people who have been where you are…

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It takes you piece by piece - slowly tearing you apart…

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They say the good times tempt you, but the bad times are worse…

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Cause the brain forgets the pain…. but the body stores the curse



[Chorus]

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I don’t understand addiction…        so I won’t pretend that i do…

F#                  G# G#/A# G#/C      C#                C#/C              Bbm  Bbm/G#

Disappointment and destruction,      hurting those that care you know it’s true…

F#            G#                     C#         C#/C         A#m  A#m/G#

Watching you fall apart, there’s an end coming somewhere down the line

F#                       G#                     A#m  A#m/G#

I’m gonna walk away, or watch you fail one last time

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I don’t understand addiction…. but I care that it’s killing you…



[Outro]

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What happened to get you started, what decisions brought you down

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You’re so amazing when you’re sober, someone who makes me proud