The Drugs Don't Work - The Verve

All this talk of getting old It's getting me down, my love Like a cat in a bag, waiting to drown This time I'm coming down And I hope you're thinking of me As you lay down on your side Now the drugs don't work They just make you worse But I know I'll see your face again Now the drugs don't work They just make you worse But I know I'll see your face again But I know I'm on a losing streak As I pass down by your street And if you want a show, then just let me know And I'll sing in your ear again Now the drugs don't work They just make you worse But I know I'll see your face again 'Cause baby, ooh, if heaven falls, I'm coming too Just like you said, if you leave my life, I'm better off dead All this talk of getting old It's getting me down, my Lord Like a cat in a bag, waiting to drown This time I'm coming down Now the drugs don't work They just make you worse But I know I'll see your face again 'Cause baby, ooh, if heaven falls, I'm coming too Just like you said, if you leave my life, I'm better off dead But if you want a show, then just let me know And I'll sing in your ear again Now the drugs don't work They just make you worse But I know I'll see your face again Yeah, I know I'll see your face again, oh Lord Yeah, I know I'll see your face again, oh Lord Yeah, I know I'll see your face again, oh Lord Yeah, I know I'll see your face again, oh Lord I'm never coming down now, I'm never coming down No more, no more, no more, no more, no more I'm never coming down now, I'm never coming down No more, no more, no more, no more, no more

All this talk of getting old It's getting me down my love Like a cat in a bag, waiting to drown This time I'm coming down And I hope you're thinking of me As you lay down on your side Now the drugs don't work They just make you worse But I know I'll see your face again Now the drugs don't work They just make you worse But I know I'll see your face again But I know I'm on a losing streak As I pass down my old street And if you wanna show, then just let me know And I'll sing in your ear again Now the drugs don't work They just make you worse But I know I'll see your face again 'Cause baby, ooh, if heaven calls, I'm coming too Just like you said, you leave my life, I'm better off dead All this talk of getting old It's getting me down my Lord Like a cat in a bag, waiting to drown This time I'm coming down Now the drugs don't work They just make you worse But I know I'll see your face again 'Cause baby, ooh, if heaven calls, I'm coming too Just like you said, you leave my life, I'm better off dead But if you wanna show, just let me know And I'll sing in your ear again Now the drugs don't work They just make you worse But I know I'll see your face again Yeah, I know I'll see your face again Yeah, I know I'll see your face again Yeah, I know I'll see your face again, oh Lord Yeah, I know I'll see your face again, oh Lord I'm never coming down, I'm never coming down No more, no more, no more, no more, no more I'm never coming down, I'm never coming down No more, no more, no more, no more, no more I'm never coming down, I'm never coming down No more, no more, no more, no more, no more I'm never coming down, I'm never coming down No more, no more, no more, no more, no more I'm never coming down, I'm never coming down No more, no more, no more, no more, no more

I don't like the drugs but the drugs like me I don't like the drugs, the drugs, the drugs Norm life, baby "We're white and oh so hetero and our sex is missionary" Norm life, baby "We're quitters and we're sober, our confessions will be televised" You and I are underdosed and we're ready to fall Raised to be stupid, taught to be nothing at all We're taught to be nothing at all I don't like the drugs but the drugs like me I don't like the drugs, the drugs, the drugs I don't like the drugs but the drugs like me I don't like the drugs, the drugs, the drugs Norm life, baby "Our God is white and unforgiving and we're piss tested and we're praying" Norm life, baby "I'm just a sample of a soul made to look just like a human being" Norm life, baby "We're rehabbed and we're ready for our 15 minutes of shame" Norm life, baby "We're talkshown and we're pointing just like Christians at a suicide" You and I are underdosed and we're ready to fall Raised to be stupid, taught to be nothing at all We're taught to be nothing at all I don't like the drugs but the drugs like me I don't like the drugs, the drugs, the drugs I don't like the drugs but the drugs like me I don't like the drugs, the drugs, the drugs "There's a hole in our soul that we fill with dope And we're feeling fine" "There's a hole in our soul that we fill with dope And we're feeling fine" "There's a hole in our soul that we fill with dope And we're feeling fine" I don't like the drugs but the drugs like me I don't like the drugs, the drugs, the drugs I don't like the drugs but the drugs like me I don't like the drugs, the drugs, the drugs I don't like the drugs but the drugs like me I don't like the drugs (drugs) I don't like the drugs but the drugs like me I don't like the drugs (drugs) I don't like the drugs but the drugs like me I don't like the drugs (drugs) I don't like the drugs but the drugs like me I don't like the drugs (drugs) I don't like the drugs but the drugs like me I don't like the drugs, the drugs, the drugs I don't like the drugs but the drugs like me (drugs) I don't like the drugs, the drugs, the drugs I don't like the drugs but the drugs like me I don't like the drugs, the drugs, the drugs

How do you keep yourself from folding? Seems like the whole world is losing How do you stop yourself from giving in? Seems like the whole world is frying Aaaah, aaaah Ooooh, aaaah She got all i need (she got all i need) The air, the air i breathe (the air, the air i breathe) When it comes to my valium sky She don't mind if i cry How did you stop your lover from crying? Even though you knew she knew you was lying How do you stop this world from imploding? Still know nothing with all these cards i'm holding Aaaah, aaaah Ooooh, aaaah She got all i need (she got all i need) The air, the air i breathe (the air, the air i breathe) And when it comes to my valium skies She don't mind if i cry She don't mind if I cry She don't mind if I cry Aaaah, aaaah Ooooh, aaaah She got all i need (she got all i need) The air, the air i breathe (the air, the air i breathe) And when it comes to my valium skies She don't mind if i cry And when it comes to my valium skies She don't mind if I cry And when it comes to my valium skies She don't mind if I cry

Feelings Only feelings Just let them Let them go Feelings Only feelings Just worthless So I let them go New York, I was Judas She said 'A latte, double shot for Judas' Cry for the things that happen People need to know And for a dream to happen You gotta let it go, gotta let it go Gotta let it go, gotta let it go Gotta let it go, gotta let it go, gotta let it go You let it go You let it go But there must be Some answer I keep seeking 'Cause I gotta know We are numbered And we are labeled Do we ever Break our home? I knew it Before you said it There's no need for Need to wait Need to wait You let it go I'm running In the sky Slipping round Hold me up high, high Hold me up high High, high High, high Still holding on You know the dreams have just begun You know the dream's just begun You know the dream's just begun I know you're still holding on Because the dream has just begun

I wander lonely streets Behind where the old Thames does flow And in every face I meet Reminds me of what I have run for In every man, in every hand In every kiss, you understand That living is for other men I hope you too will understand I've gotta tell you my tale Of how I loved and how I failed I hope you understand These feelings should not be in the man In every child, in every eye In every sky, above my head I hope that I know So come with me in bed Because it's you and me, we're history There ain't nothing left to say When I will get you alone Maybe we could find a room Where we could see what we should do Maybe you know it's true Living with me's like keeping a fool In every man, in every hand In every kiss, you understand That living is for other men I hope you know that I am me, so come on I'm thinking about history And I'm living for history And I think you know about me 'Cause I am And one and one is two But three is company When you're thinking about the things you do And you're thinking about the things you do I wanna tell you my tale How I failed in love and jumped out on my bail Do you understand? There's more in a smile than in a hand In every sky, in every kiss There's one thing that you might have missed And why am I going to A place that now belongs to you? But you were weak, and so am I Let's make it up, let's even try To live today, so why not smile Don't dream away your life 'Cause it is mine, it is mine Is that a crime? Is that a crime? This life is mine But the bed ain't made It's filled full of hope I've got a skin full of dope Oh the bed ain't made But it's filled full of hope I've got a skin full of dope