Love Tonic

I thought I knew love
But I didn't at all
I thought I could feel
But I couldn't at all
I thought I was flying
But I could barely crawl
Through this sludge
They call it life
But we're not living at all
We're struggling and stealing
We're fighting, not feeling
For our neighbours, our friends
It's all fucking pretend
Our smile hides the lie
We're all crying inside
Or we're buying instead
Or drinking, I said
I don't want it

No one believes me
How could you not want
This tonic
That helps you not see
This depraved society
For what it really is
Oh just have another drink
Don't worry 'bout your future
Being poured down the kitchen sink
Don't worry about the bombs
Or the people living in slums
Don't worry about the loneliness
Or the lengths we go to get big breasts
Don't worry about the children
Who cry for their mothers
No where to be seen
They're busy feeding the machine

We're just tryna’ survive
There's no time to thrive
No space to dive
Deep into this ocean
Of emotions

So we drink
And we numb
What we could become
We'll never know
This special tonic
Takes all the pain
Away

And with it, it takes love
Too